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Almost 600 000 immigrants arrive in Australia. Over 470 000 of these are assisted immigrants.
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The Immigration Restriction Act
1901 Was passed
the dictation test to prevent 'non-whites' from entering Australia -
White Australia policy
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The Empire Settlement Act established
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fled the Nazi's in Germany before and during the second world war.
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term applied to an immigrant who had moved to Australia from a country that was an enemy in World War II
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British subjects who migrated to Australia after the Second World War under an assisted passage scheme
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1947 to 1971, Bonegilla was the largest
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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.
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abolishes the controversial Dictation Test introduced at Federation in 1901
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by the Whitlam Government, thousands of Asian immigrants have already been allowed into the country.
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over 2,000 refugees from Vietnam arrive in Australia directly by boat
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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
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More than 100 boats carrying in excess of 5,000 refugees, mostly from Iraq, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, arrive in Australia this year.
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mainland by boat, arriving at Geraldton in Western Australia in April.
