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White Australia policy 1901 to 1945
The 1901 Immigration Restriction Act was aimed at excluding non white migrants and did so by requiring migrants topass a dictation testwhich would be set in any lanuage chosenby a customs officer.In 1901, 98% of people in Australia were white. Australia wanted to remain a country of white people. Now known as the infamous White Australia Policy it made it very difficult for Asians and chinese to migrate to Australia. -
the snow moutain scheme
The Scheme took 25 years to build and was completed in 1974. More than 100,000 people from over 30 countries came to work in the mountains to make true a vision of diverting water to farms to feed a growing nation and to build power stations to generate renewable electricity for homes and industries.Sixteen major dams, seven major power stations (two underground), a pumping station, 145kms of inter-connected trans-mountain tunnels and 80kms of aqueducts were constructed. Even before the Scheme w -
Post second World War Migration 1946 to1964
World War two resulted in a sence Australia needed to increaseits population in order to be able to adequately defend the country- concept of "populate or perish". Skill shortages were also a key issue during this period of migration, and attractingskilled workers was an important migrantion goal. Brittish settlers in particular were given special incentives and privilages to migrate, but the post-war period also saw an influx of migrants from across Eruope, -
More diverse migration
there was a larege influx of immigrants from south east asia some beig called boat people. The 1970s and 1980s was aslso a time when multicultrualism became a strong focus of policy, emphrasing the benifits of supporting cultural diversity and identity, while maintaining social cohesion -
Immigrantion in the twenty first century
Two of the major shifts in migrationpolicy since the mid-1990s have been an increasing emphasison skilled migration, particualy into high priority occupations and an increasing focus on temporary migration, often as a precursor to permanent settlement. Recent changesinclude more targeted priority occupationsand an increased emphasison employer-sponsored migration.
