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in the late 1970s a new wave of seaborne refugees docked in darwin firstly from east timor and then from indochina most fleeing war and violence in there home countries the vietboat people in particuler arrived at a time of dramatic social upheaval in australia with hea ted public debate about our involvment in the veitnam war and new concept of multicolturism despite some oppostion from the wider community the relaxation of imagration resrtictions meant that mpst of refugees were allowed to res