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A Nation Is Born
The Commonwealth of Australia was formed -
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Our History: Migration to Australia
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Immigration Restriction Act 1901
Immigration Restriction Act 1901, this restricted migration to people of European origin, this was shut down after the Second World War. -
First World War
The First World War had a devastating impact on Australia. In 1914 the male population of Australia was less than 3 million. 400,000 of them volouteered to fight, Approximately 60,000 died and tens of thousands were wounded. -
White Australians only
The White Australia Policy was the name given to a number of laws that stopped non-Europeans from coming to live in Australia. These laws started in 1901, and were undone from the 1950s to 1970s. -
Snowy mountain scheme
Economy grew and developed strong especially with projects such as the Snowy Mountain Scheme, a hydro-electric power scheme located in the Australian Snowy Mountains. The Snowy Mountain Scheme was soley built by immigrants. -
6 million migrants arrive
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70,000 migrants needed a year
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Post war immigrants start arriving
Between 1945 and 1965 more than two million migrants came to Australia. Most were assisted: the Commonwealth Government paid most of their fare to get to Australia. In return they had to stay in Australia for at least two years and work in whatever jobs the Government gave them. -
Baltic people start to arrive
But Calwell and others had doubts about just how much non-British migration supposedly Australia could stand. They planned a careful strategy which included choosing as the first immigrants "Nordic looking" young men from Baltic countries whom he thought would be acceptable to Australians. From then on he referred to all "new Australians" as "Balts", a ploy which was largely successful and which resulted in Baltic refugees becoming what Jock Collins has called "the Trojan horse of immigration -
Advertising to get British to migrate to australia
Australia wants, and will welcome, new healthy citizens who are determined to become good Australians.
Arthur Caldwell, Australian Minister for Immigration, 1945 -
Post War Prosperity
After the war million of refugees and migrants arrived in Australia. The economy developed strongly. -
Greeks, Italians started arriving
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Welcome Asians to australia
Between 1945 and 1970 the Australian Government’s Immigration Policy sought migrants from England and Europe. In the 1970s, this policy changed and people from other countries were encouraged to come to Australia. Migrants have come from Asia, the Middle East and South America as well as Europe. Unlike migrants who choose to leave their own country to move to another country, refugees flee their homeland because they are afraid to stay there. Refugees were allowed to come to Australia because Au -
The good neighbour movement
The Good Neighbour Movement was about helping immigrants to learn English, encouraging schools to aid in assimilating migrant youth and encouraging all migrants to become naturalised. Yet even in the '50s there was some recognition that immigration was a two-way opportunity; the "older" Australians could learn from new migrants as well as teach them, and migrants should be recognised for their contribution to the development of the Australian economy. -
Housing offered to new immigrants
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Australians have started accepting migrants
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A changing society
Indigenouse Australians are to be included in census. -
Laws passed to ban racism
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Chinese Immigration
Due to the Immigration Act 1901, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to enter Australia. Chinese communities protested. The policy of non-european was lifted in 1970 and trade links with China were strengthened. -
Chinese Immigration
Between 1986-1991 the China born population in Victoria doubled to over 20,000. This was due to a large number of chinese students seeking citizenship after the devastating but powerful demonstrations in Tinanmen Square. -
Tiananmen Sqaure
In 1989, after several weeks of demonstrations, Chinese troops entered Tiananmen Square on June 4 and fired on civilians. Estimates of the death toll range from several hundred to thousands. It has been estimated that as many as 10,000 people were arrested during and after the protests. -
Multicultural Society
After more than 200 years of migration, Australia has become a multicultural society. By 2010, 27% of people in Australia were born overseas and over 100 languages were spoken. Australian culture has transformed from the stiff Britishness of the late 19th century to the multiplicity of influences we see around us. From a struggling British outpost isolated from the world, Australia has become a vibrant and diverse place where tolerance and equality are both accepted and expected by its people as
