Migration - 1900 to Vietnam Flashcards
Immigration restriction act
These actions were reinforced by the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, which gave immigration officers greater discretion when deciding whether or not to allow a person entry into the country.
White aus policy
a discriminatory set of laws designed to keep non-whites out of Australia — was in full force and enjoyed widespread support. As World War II ended and the attitudes of the Australian people began to change, Australia’s immigration policies would become increasingly inclusive. It would still take decades, however, before non-Europeans would be welcomed by the majority of Australians.
immigrants from Asia and the Pacific Islands had been expelled from Australia in response to white Australians’ fear that industrious immigrants would take their jobs by accepting a lower standard of living and working for less money.
Dictation test
The dictation test was designed to test that a potential immigrant was literate. The examiner could ensure that the candidate would fail by testing the immigrant in a language with which he or she was unfamiliar.
Post ww2 migration
Migrants from europe.
Populate or perish
Even though the war was over, there was a strong fear of the rise of communism in Asia,
many people were concerned that Australia’s population of 7 million was not large enough to resist this threat.
These people believed that the way to protect Australia from invasion was to increase the population.
Hughes’s slogan was ‘populate or perish’.
1st australian minister of immigration
One of the greatest supporters of this view was Arthur Calwell, who became the first minister of immigration in 1945.
As immigration minister, it was Arthur Calwell’s job to sell a message of hope to potential migrants in Europe.
In 1945, he announced to Parliament that he would ‘embark on an adequate publicity campaign in Britain and in other centres of potential immigration on the European continent’.
Calwell ran a publicity campaign using radio and newsreels to show Australia’s natural beauty and economic wealth to potential migrants abroad.
Assisted migration
Take one month to get to aus.
For some this meant travelling in a ship, which had been converted from a troop carrier. It was an uncomfortable journey, with cramped bunk spaces and a constant ‘reek’ of disinfectant.
For others, on purpose-built passenger ships, the voyage was much more comfortable, with a range of cabin choices, on-board shops, a swimming pool and even a hair salon.
Assimilation policy
Assimilation policy requiring immigrants to adopt the new country’s culture completely while giving up their own
Integration policy
Integration policy requiring immigrants to publicly adopt the new country’s culture while still being able to celebrate their own culture privately
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism policy recognising an immigrant’s right to practise whichever culture they wish so long as they do not break the law
Refugees from Vietnam
In the months following the fall of Saigon, many South Vietnamese people fled their homelands, fearing persecution from the new communist government
Escaping Vietnam was a difficult and dangerous experience for refugees.
1976 first boat person
