australia: a history of immigration 50 000 bc1700175018001850190019502000 approximately 50 000 years...
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Australia: A History of Immigration
50 000 BC 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
Approximately 50 000 years ago ancestors of Aboriginal peoples arrive
January 26, 1788
First Fleet arrive in Sydney Cove
January 1 1901
Federation of Australia
1851
The Gold Rush
Post WW2 Immigration Populate or
Perish
1975-85
South-East Asian
refugees
Post 2001Refugees from the
Middle East
Glossary
Immigration Timeline Task •Create a timeline outlining important immigration periods in Australian history. (Use the events we studied during the first lesson and, if you know it, add the time your family arrived).
•Create a hyperlink from each period to a separate page.
•On each page give more detail about that particular period, outlining: 1. The reasons for the event/ migration2. Number of immigrants coming to Australia 3. Attitudes of Australians at the time 4. Government policy at the time 5. An image6. Legacy (a brief description of what that particular group has added to Australian culture
Eg. Workforce, artists, food
•In the case of governmental action or developments, outline the significance of these events in relation to immigration policy – ie Federation
To complete the task:
The First Fleet
For approximately 50 000 years the first Australians lived in relative peace. After Captain James Cook discovered the east coast of New South Wales in 1770
a new fate of the continent was sealed. He reported to the British Government that New South Wales would be a suitable place for habitation and so it was decided to send eleven vessels, 9 of which contained criminals, to ease the pressure on English gaols. (1) reason. Previously the British had used America to dump its prisoners, but as America had defeated Britain in theAmerican war of Independence (1775-1783), Britain was forced to stop this practice.
Captain Arthur Phillip was commissioned oversee the monumental journey to New South Wales and
establish a colony. The first Governor of New South Wales lead an expedition of eleven vessels containing approximately 780 convicts, 180 of whom were women, and approximately 200 marines and officers. (Turner,B. 1992) (2) number
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Federation and the Immigration Restriction Act
On the First of January 1901 the six colonies federated to form the Nation of Australia. Immigration policy was a principle duty of the newly formed Federal Government. One of the first laws that it passed was the Immigration Restriction Act 1901. The purpose of the act was to preserve British culture and Influence. They achieved this by including a dictation test that potential immigrants had to pass (p14, Brash, 2009). In a further act to restrict ‘undesirable people’ from immigrating, the Australian Government allowed the immigration officials to set the dictation test in any European language they liked. This way they could force an English speaking person to sit the exam in an obscure language and thus fail. This policy of restriction became unofficially known as the White Australia Policy and was in use until the Whitlam Government. In 1901 the Pacific Island Labourers Act was also passed. This policy saw the removal of thousands of Pacific Islander workers known as Kanakas.
The Immigration Restriction Act and White Australia Policy had widespread support. Powerful publications such as The Bulletin encourages nationalistic purity to both protect British Culture but also to protect Australian workers from cheap overseas labour (p20, Brash, 2009).
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Glossary
Asylum SeekerRefugeeUNHCRMulticulturalismBoat PeopleTemporary Protection Visa
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