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White Australian policy (1901-1945)
1901 Immigration Restriction Act was aimed at excluding non-white migrants, and did so by requiring migrants to pass a dictation test which could be set in any language chosen by a customer officer. -
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Wanted a white Australia, not a piebald one.
The obilition of the policy took place over a period of 25 years.
Following the election of a coalition of the Liberal and Countries parties in 1949, Imigration Minister Harold Holt allowed 800 non-European refugees to remain in Australia and Japenese war brides to enter Australia. -
Post Second World War migration (1946-1965)
World war 2 resulted in a sense Australia needed to increase its population in order to be able to adequately defend the country-the concept of "populate perish".Skill shortages were also a key issue during this period of migration, and attracting skilled workers was an important thing with the migration.British settlers in particular were given encouragement an privileges to migrate, but the existing world war period also saw an large arrival of immigrants from across Europe. -
More diverse migration (1966-1999)
There was a large arrival of immigrants from South-East Asia during the 1970's (some arrived as boat people, a response to the sudden changes and unrest taking place in countries such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos at this time. -
More diverse migration
The 1970's and 1980's was also a time when multiculturalism became a strong focus of policy,emphasising the benefits of
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Immigration in the 21st century (2000-present)
Recent changes include more targeted priority occupations and an increased emphasis on employer-sponsered migration.Immigrants continue to head to non-traditional states of settlement.The six states with the largest immigrant populations considered for 65% of the total in 2010, 68% in 2000, and 73% in 1990.