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Period: to
Immigrants arriving in Australia from 1901 to 1940
Almost 600 000 immigrants arrive in Australia. Over 470 000 of these are assisted immigrants. -
The Immigration Restriction Act
The Immigration Restriction Act
1901 Was passed
the dictation test to prevent 'non-whites' from entering Australia -
Federation
White Australia policy -
Period: to
world war 1
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The Empire Settlement Act established
The Empire Settlement Act established -
The Big Brother Movement was founded
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people fleeing Germany
fled the Nazi's in Germany before and during the second world war. -
Enemy Alien
term applied to an immigrant who had moved to Australia from a country that was an enemy in World War II -
Period: to
world war 2
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£10 Poms
British subjects who migrated to Australia after the Second World War under an assisted passage scheme -
migrant reception centre in Australia
1947 to 1971, Bonegilla was the largest -
Displaced Persons Scheme in 1947
170,000 refugees from the wreckage of war torn Europe were able to make their homes in Australia under the auspices of the International Refugee Organisation. -
Period: to
Vietnam War
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The Revised Migration Act 1958
abolishes the controversial Dictation Test introduced at Federation in 1901 -
White Australia Policy is formally abolished
by the Whitlam Government, thousands of Asian immigrants have already been allowed into the country. -
first Vietnamese refugees arrive by boat
over 2,000 refugees from Vietnam arrive in Australia directly by boat -
Period: to
civil war in Sudan
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Office of multicultural affairs established
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war on terror begins
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boat will now be processed at Christmas Island
The Kevin Rudd Government announces the closure of the centres at Manus Island and Nauru. Asylum seekers arriving by boat will now be processed at Christmas Island -
Malaysia deal
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More than 100 boats arrive in Australia this year.
More than 100 boats carrying in excess of 5,000 refugees, mostly from Iraq, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, arrive in Australia this year. -
66 Sri Lankan asylum seekers manage to reach the Australia
mainland by boat, arriving at Geraldton in Western Australia in April.
