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* We received a wide range of culture including food, religions, etc. * They helped us build the Snowy Mountain Scheme which would not have been completed with all the extra help (2/3 of workers were immigrants)
* When they first came, Australia was in a desperate shortage of labour. * They helped our population grow. * They helped our economy boom when they first came and it still does.
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∙ 14y agoWhen I came toAustralia in 1958 Australia's Immigration policy was just about to change from what was then known as the white Australia policy. I was taught in school that this policy was there to protect Australians living and working conditions. the reasoning we were taught went along the lines that Blacks, Chinese, East Asian, and even the swarthier coloured people from south eastern Europe were not as intelligent and would endanger our economy by working cheap. I was also taught to my disgust ( I was a 10 year old white immigrant from the Netherlands That the aboriginals were a stone age people that could not deal with modern civilisation, and that the policy being employed by the white Australian government would eventually lead to their extinction. In effect the White Australia policy was an interesting regulation that was applied to people that in the opinion of the immigration department at the time was racially undesirable. In fact it had nothing to do with what race you were. You had to sit a test to show that you were literate. Now taking into account that there were a lot of different languages in the world the test could be done in any language, at the discretion of the department of immigration Now here comes the good bit. If you were unfortunate enough to have to sit one of these tests it would not mater how many different languages you learned, the department of immigration would make sure you would have to sit the test in a language you did not understand, declare you illiterate and therefore not suitable for entry into Australia. If you were white you did not have to sit the test unless you stepped in the wrong dept of immigration toes. Yes that is certainly a great example of the term "Fair go".
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∙ 15y agoShips moved most migrants after WW 2.
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Why did Australians want migration during World War II?
Australia did not want migration durig WW2. After the war they accepted displaced eoples and economic migrants.
How did World War 1 contribute to African migration?
It created jobs in the North
What effect did WW1 have on migration to Australia?
You have to consider, that if people escape their countries and migrate to Australia for peace and new life, if Australia is also in war, there isn't much reason for leaving in the first place. During the War, millions were spent on weaponary and eventually Australia fell into rescession, Australia couldn't feed its own people, migration was cut down, due to more mouths to feed. During ww1, German were held at camps. They did no kill them, but just held them captive because they feared if they were spies. This shortern the migration for Germans. On the other hand, many came to Australia to fight for the mother country, and risk their own lives to save Australia.
Who was the leader of Australia in World War 2?
The Australian War Cabinet.
How did Australia-Asia relations change as a result of World War 2?
As a result of WW2 Asia became free to start trading on its own behalf and Australia had to change its strategy's from dealing with colonial powers to to dealing with Asian country's and cultures.
Why did Australians want migration during World War II?
Australia did not want migration durig WW2. After the war they accepted displaced eoples and economic migrants.
How did Greeks travel to Australia?
After World War 2 when the largest migration took place, by boat as assisted migrants.
How do factors such as war trade migration and invention affect cultural change?
how do factors such as trade, war, migration, and inventions affect cultural change?
How did Australia's relationship with Britain and US change during second world war?
They were on a break.
Australia joins the First World War?
Australia joined the first world war in 1914
What was the next war after World War 2 in which Australia was involved?
The war after world war 2 in which Australia participated was the Korean war.
Why did the names of some places in Australia change during World War 2?
to fool German spies.
How did World War 2 change the foods that were commonly eaten in Australia?
There was a shortage of food during WW2!
Why has Australia had a war?
Australia has not had a war. The country has been involved with other wars around the world, but Australia has not had a civil war.
How did the relationship between Britain and Australia change after World War 2?
Australia became free of Britains constitutional links during World War 2, ending it's colonial status. With British defeats at the hands of the Japanese forces allowing Japan to threaten Australia, Australia turned to the United States for assistance. While politically and economically close still, after World War 2, Australia became less dependent on Britain.
the migration of african americans to the north during the following world war 1 was mainly a result of the?
The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the availability of new factory jobs
What year was World War 1 in Australia?
World War 1 occurred in Australia in the same years as elsewhere in the world - from 1914 to 1918.
