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Our History: Migration to Australia
The history of migration in Australia -
Immigration Restiction Act
In the last decades of the nineteenth century, concern was growing in the Australian colonies about the level of 'coloured' immigration to Australia, particularly from China, and many colonies passed restrictive immigration legislation. Following Federation in 1901, one of the first pieces of Commonwealth legislation passed was the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 -
whites only
Australia declaried itself British and White -
post WWll migration
After World War II ended in May 1945 Europe was in chaos. Germany was crushed and the map of Europe was being carved up by the United States and the Soviet Union. Western Europe was supported by the United States -
migration
in the year after 1946 over 6 million migrants have come to australia -
Operation Sovereign Borders
Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) is a military-led, border security operation supported and assisted by a wide range of federal government agencies. The OSB Joint Agency Task Force (JATF) has been established to ensure a whole-of-government effort to combat people smuggling and protect Australia’s borders.