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'Our History: Migration to Australia'
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Australian White Policy
1n 1901, the new federal government passed an Act ending the employment of Pacific Islanders. The immigration Restriction Act 1901 reacieved royal assent on 23 December 1901. It was described as an Act 'to place certain restrictions on imiggration and to provide for the removal from the Commonwealth of prohibited immigrants. The Act prohibited from immigration those considered to be insane, anyone likely to become a charge upon the public or upon any public or charitable institution. -
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Migrants
In the year since 1946 almost 6 million migrants have flooded through gateways like melbourne. For the migrants it was a new beggining -
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10 Pound Poms
In the 50s and 60s 1 million people were sold the dream of a modern British way of life. -
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Immigration
In the 50s and 60s our ports in Melbourne were like giant refugee camps. This was the hayday of our biggest immigration program.