The Immigration Restriction Act received royal assent
White Australia Policy hailed by Prime Minister, William Morris Hughes as 'the greatest thing we have ever achieved'
Minister Holt's decision to allow 800 non- European refugees to stay, and Japaneses war brides to be admitted. First steps to non-discriminatory immigration policy
Non-Europeans with 15 years residence in Australia were allowed to necome Australian citizens
Revised Migration Act, introduced a simpler system of entry permits and abolished the controversial dictation test.
Watershed in abolishing the 'White Australia' policy, and non-European migration began to increase.
The gradual process began to remove race as a factor in Australia's immigration policies
An increase in migrants for non-Europeon countries did not take place till after the Fraser government came into office
Government commissined a comprehensive review of immigration in Australia