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The white Australia Policy
The 1901 Immagration Restriction Act was aimed at excluding non-white migrants and did so be requiring migrants to pass a dictation test which could be set in any language chosen by a customs officer. -
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Our History: Migration to Australia
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10 Pound Pom Scheme
The 10 pound pom scheme was a add for people around the world. It was also called the * Populate or Perish * . It said the you could come to australia for only 10 pounds which inclued a house and a job. This scheme atracted more the 60 million poeple. The all had the same idea to travel to a place where there is no war and it was very cheap. -
Snowy Moutains Hydro-Electric Scheme
In the * Poputate of Perish Scheme * British settlers in particular were given more special incentives and privileges to migrate, but the post-war period also saw and an influx of immigrants from across Eurpe, encluding large numbers of dispalced people. Many of these war-post migrants played key roles in building infrastucture, including housing constructions and the massive Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme. -
More Migration
Australian immigration policy became more open to non-European migrants from around the mid- 1960's onwards, but non-European migrants did not really start to arrive in large numbers untill the 1970's. there was a large influx of immigrants from South-East Asia during the 1970's, a response to the upheavels and unrest taking place in countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Loas at this time. -
Multicultruralism
the 1970's and 1980's was also a time when multiculturalism became a strong focus of policy, emphasising the benefits of supporting cultural diversity and identity, while maintaining social cohesion.
