Australia Immigration Policy Timeline
. End of the White Australia policy. Timeline of refugees and Australia.
It became official government policy in Australia not just for Aboriginal peoples but for all foreign migrants as well. This video gives a brief timeline and background to todays political arguments about asylu. Timeline of migration 1700 1788 1851 1860 1870 Indigenous population estimated at 300000 750000 From17881868 160000convicts wereshippedto theAustralian coloniesfromthe UnitedKingdom Fromtheearly 1790sfree immigrantsalso begancomingto Australia DuringtheGold Rusheraof1851to 1860around 500000people migratedto.
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Immigration has driven economic and social development in Australia for more than two centuries. The idea of assimilation had been around since the 1930s but was not adopted as an official government policy towards the Aboriginal peoples until the 1950s. Following World War II the policy began to be relaxed and it was finally abolished in 1973. It is a selection of major events affecting refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia drawn from official sources and media reports.
