Immigration Nation Resources

	Architects of Immigration Find out more about the prime ministers behind the implementation of the White Australia Policy – and its demise. Information courtesy of the Museum of Australian Democracy.
	People and the Policy Profiles of key witnesses from the Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us TV series.
	Key Countries Backgrounders on the nations most affected by the White Australia policy.
	Historical Timeline Key moments in Australia’s immigration history. Information courtesy of the Museum of Australian Democracy.
	Headlines from History Archival front pages from the Australian newspaper, showing coverage of the key events that led to the end the White Australia Policy.
	From the SBS Archives Two early episodes of the SBS panel show Forum, addressing the topic of immigration. Amazing insights and great early 80s fashion, too. Watch an excerpt or the entire program.
	Education & Conversation Contemporary coverage of immigration issues from The Australian, including insightful op-eds and an interview with the TV series producer. You’ll also find student/teacher material from Atom Guides.

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Architects of Immigration
Edmund Barton
Jan 1901 - Sep 1903
William Morris Hughes
Oct 1915 - Feb 1923
Joseph Benedict Chifley
Jul 1945 - Dec 1949
Robert Menzies
Apr 1939 - Aug 1941; Dec 1949 - Jan 1966
Harold Edward Holt
Jan 1966 - Dec 1967
Edward Gough Whitlam
Dec 1972 - Nov 1975
John Malcolm Fraser
Nov 1975 - Mar 1983
People and the Policy
Dennis O’Hoy
Matthew Nagas
Arthur Gar-Lock Chang
George Zangalis
Andrew Jankus
Willie Lermer
Mary Burns (nee O’Keefe)
Phong Nguyen
Nancy Prasad
Tac Tam Lam
Key Countries
China
Japan
Britain
Vietnam
Baltics (Eastern Europe)
Historical Timeline
Indigenous resistance to colonisation
29 May, 1788
Assisted migration begins
April 1831
Immigrants flee religious persecution
November 1838
Anti-Chinese riots at Lambing Flat
30 June, 1860
The Chinese Question in Australia
1879
Chinese immigration restricted
12 June, 1888
White Australia Policy begins
23 December, 1901
Compulsory registration of aliens
30 September, 1916
Assisted British Immigration
April 1922
Refugees flee German occupation
1 December, 1939
Populate or perish
13 July, 1945
Limited admittance of non-Europeans
1 January, 1947
Registering ‘aliens’
10 June, 1947
Displaced persons resettled
21 July, 1947
Non-European immigration begins
1 January, 1950
Refugees and Japanese war brides accepted
June 1952
Non-European immigration relaxed
10 July, 1956
Bring out a Briton
1 January, 1957
Dictation test abolished
8 October, 1958
White Australia Policy — beginning of the end
3 August, 1966
Racial Discrimination Act passed
11 June, 1975
Human rights and equal opportunity law
6 December, 1986
Racial Hatred Act 1995
15 September, 1995
Citizenship test introduced
1 October, 2007
Headlines from History
Front pages of The Australian
September 1964: Opperman Under Pressure
August 1965: Labor Drops Policy
August 1965: Nancy's Last Day
August 1965: Nancy Kidnapped
August 1965: Nancy in Fiji
March 1966: Asians Let In
July 1966: Chinese Sailors Stay
October 1971: We're Not Racists
May 1972: Multiracial Society?
March 1973: Nancy Returns
March 1974: Skilled Asians
April 1975: Vietnamese Refugees
May 1975: More Refugees
November 1977: Boats Arrive
September 2001: Howard and the Boats
From the SBS Archives
From the SBS Archives

Forum episode 1 recap

13 Jan 11 04:26

Forum episode 1

13 Jan 11 59:20

Forum episode 6 recap

13 Jan 11 06:46

Forum episode 6

13 Jan 11 59:33
Education & Conversation
The Atom Guide
The Australian & Immigration Nation

Interactive

Explore the stories and lives of dozens of remarkable immigrants -- and their descendants -- in this immersive interactive documentary about the building of multicultural Australia.