Australian Immigration

By Alanna1509
  • First Settlers

    First Settlers

  • Gold Rush, British, Irish, Germans, Chinese (Discrimination)

    o Sparked a massive influx of immigration
    o NSW and Victoria
    o March – 80,000
    o By 1854 – 237,000
    o By 1861 – 540,000

  • Federation

    o WAP (White Australia Policy) dictation test

  • Great depression, no migrants accepted

  • •Jewish refugees –holocaust

    •Jewish refugees –holocaust

    certificate exemption

  • Immigration program ‘Populate or Perish’

    Displaced Europeans
    Assisted immigration

  • • 1970 : Shift in Policy

  • asylum seekers/border protection and issues

    asylum seekers/border protection and issues

    o 9/11, Tampa affair
    o Pacific Solution