MIGRATION CARDS Flashcards
How did the discovery of gold change the Australian population?
Lots of different cultured people came
To Australia and boosted the population
How many migrants came to Australia to get gold?
500,000
How many Chinese miners come to Australia?
40,000
How many different countries come to Australia for gold?
8 different countries
What were some of the things why Chinese miners were hated?
They worked on Sundays, they looked, acted, ate, smell and spoke differently to other miners
POPULATE OR PERISH
QUESTIONS
Why did Australia want migration?
For: Defend the country Workers Economy Links to Britain Refugees
Who made the saying
Populate Or Perish?
Arthur Caldwell
MIGRATION POLICIES
QUESTIONS
When did the white Australian policy pass the federal parliament?
1901
When was a federal immigration portfolio set up?
1945
When was the controversial dictation test disregarded?
1958
When was the white Australian policy abolished altogether?
March 1966
PEARL DIVING IN
BROOM QUESTIONS
When did pearl diving begin in broome?
1850s
Where did the largest group of divers come from?
Japan
What were some of the dangers that pearl divers faced?
The bend, illness and shark attacks
CONTRIBUTION TO THE
NATION QUESTIONS
Roughly how many people were living in Australia in 2006
according to the census?
20 million
Where were the largest overseas groups born?
UK, New Zealand, China and Italy
How many different languages are in Australia now?
Over 200
CHANGING AUSTRALIAN
MIGRATION QUESTIONS
Why was the white Australian policy scrapped?
It was unacceptable to be mean to other people because of there skin or culture.
Why did the Vietnamese refugees come to Australia in the 1970s to the 1980s?
They were trying to escape the Vietnam war.
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