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some arguments against growing immigration

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some arguments against growing immigration

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further growth will place stress on Australia’s fragile environment through damage to soil, waterways, coasts, and natural habitats through intensive agriculture, urban expansion, industrial development and the ever-increasing demand for food and resources. Our population cannot grow indefinitely as our land simply can not carry us

not enough jobs to support everyone

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By 1985, 70,000 refugees from Southeast Asia, mostly Vietnam, had settled in Australia. The arrival of Vietnamese refugees forced changes in migration policy around the world, especially in Australia, which was pressured by ASEAN to accept more refugees after 1978. Very few refugees were accepted by Australia at first. The arrival of Vietnamese refugees signalled the end of the infamous White Australia Policy in 1978

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difference between migrants and refugees?

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difference between migrants and refugees?

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improve relations with asia after damage of white australia policy

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Between 1945 and 1965 more than two million migrants came to Australia. Most were assisted: the Commonwealth Government paid most of their fare to get to Australia. In return they had to stay in Australia for at least two years and work in whatever jobs the Government gave them.

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Migrants began streaming out of Eastern Europe to places like Australia and the United States to get away from the oppression in their homelands by the Soviet Union. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union meant that nuclear war was a real threat and some people saw Australia as a safe place to live.

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Australia wants, and will welcome, new healthy citizens who are determined to become good Australians.
Arthur Caldwell, Australian Minister for Immigration, 1945

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Did racism bring the 6 Australian colonies together? enabled trade between them and kept the outside world out

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I regard as second only to the necessity of protecting our shores against actual invasion, the necessity of protecting Australia against the influx of aliens, Asiatics, criminals, paupers, and other undesirable classes
– Charles Kingston, Premier of South Australia, 1891

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This is a cycle we see in societies again and again

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This is a cycle we see in societies again and again

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Migrants skilled in mining, steel milling and maritime trades were targeted with promises of better conditions and pay. During the 1870s and 1880s the economy was booming,

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Migrants skilled in mining, steel milling and maritime trades were targeted with promises of better conditions and pay. During the 1870s and 1880s the economy was booming,

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---- Drought in 1890 crippled economy - rise in unemploymet

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ideas of the rights of the individual, democracy and egalitarianism were imported from Europe

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With an increased population came further demand for land, food, clothes and buildings and the Australian economy grew to accommodate these needs.

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restricting refugees from conflict zones.
Indochine
Syria
sri lanka
Afganistan

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'STOP THE BOAST'

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE WITH EUROPEANS AFTER WORLD WARS AND INFLUX OF VIETNAMESE?

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A proxy war of the western powers, reacting in fear to the domino effect (referring to the spread of communism)

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In 1975, racial discrimination was made illegal

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In 1975, racial discrimination was made illegal

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migrants regardless of race or ethnicity to apply for Australian citizenship after three years of residence. His immigration minister Al Grassby declared the White Australia Policy dead.

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what differences are there in the people in these two photographs?

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what differences are there in the people in these two photographs?

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Technically the end to white Australia policy

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what are some famous quotes by the current immigration?

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Due to lack of labour in the 40's most Australians were in support of unlimited immigration. the first ever immigration minister in 1945 'populate or perish

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In 1948, parliament legislated to create Australian citizenship - before that, all Australians were British subjects. But Australia still actively sought British migrants in preference to other nationalities, with ventures like the assisted passage scheme known as the "Ten Pound Pom" (the price of the ticket) kicking off in the late 1940s and running almost 25 years.

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despite having a Displaced Persons Scheme - still no consideration of displaced aboriginal people. Do we still have this scheme? Government is not allowing a lot of people who would fit under this scheme.

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After the war, Australia appeared to take a more generous approach, agreeing to take refugees under the international Displaced Persons Scheme and admitting more than 170,000 Europeans by 1954. Over 17,000 of them were Jews.

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BEFORE 1939, Australia agreed to accept 15,000 Jewish refugees

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1920s more than 340,000 immigrants arrived - two-thirds of them assisted migrants from Britain, and small numbers of Greeks, Italians and Yugoslavs.

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CONTRADICTIONS SURROUNDING EARLY IMMIGRATION?

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get students to analyse the graph.
questions:
what were the biggest demographic changes between 1966 to 2006?

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Demographic of immigrants from 1950's grap

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Demographic of immigrants from 1950's grap

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Men from Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, were brought to Australia in the late 1800s to work as indentured labourers in the primary industries in Queensland. Mostly brought against their will, many stayed on and built a community. But after Barton's bill were forced to then leave (despite having family and homes.

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The potato famine in Ireland in the late 1840s saw some 30,000 Irish migrants settle in Australia

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xenophobia means prejudice against those from other countries.

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xenophobia means prejudice against those from other countries.

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Xenophobic hostility toward the newcomers focussed on the Chinese, whose different work practices were regarded as a threat to wages and employment. riots broke out and anti-immigration targeted at the Chinese. (SBS)

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immigration restriction act 1901. the beginning of the white Australia policy

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immigration restriction act 1901. the beginning of the white Australia policy

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For those who came from the harshness or were forcefully sent from England. the possibility of a new world and society was possible. (disregarding the already existing first nations people and those who came to work from papua and china.
First PM in parliament set fear of those above taking the riches from the white men who came!

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thought to have originally travelled from south east Asia, after colonialisation and genocide, now only 2.8 % of the population

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The 2016 census revealed a diverse nation. Nearly half of all Australians were born overseas or have at least one parent who was. More than one in five Australians speak a language other than English at home. The most common countries of birth after Australia were England (five per cent of the population) and New Zealand (2.5 per cent), followed by China (2.3 per cent) and India (2.1 per cent). Since the mid-2000s, Chinese and Indian arrivals have outpaced arrivals from the UK and migration has replaced births as the driver of population growth.

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Australia's immigration department was established. Since then roughly seven million permanent migrants have settle din Australia. (2016 census)

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FORMER PM "Malcolm Turnbull likes to say that Australia is the most successful multicultural society in the world. And while that might gloss over the country’s history of racial exclusion (and the three senators from anti-immigration party One Nation in federal parliament), contemporary Australia can make a good claim on the title."

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FORMER PM "Malcolm Turnbull likes to say that Australia is the most successful multicultural society in the world. And while that might gloss over the country’s history of racial exclusion (and the three senators from anti-immigration party One Nation in federal parliament), contemporary Australia can make a good claim on the title."

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quote from SBS immigration home page.

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The Irish and English come to Australia

The origins of white Australia policy. Melbourne parliament - book- fear- country built for some but not everyone.

post ww1 Immigrants

Post WW2 Immigrants

The Vietnam war and its effect on Vietnamese immigrants

^ comparison study

Today's governments strict policies on immigration

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Find out the percentage proportion of ethnicities in Australia.

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Xenophobia

White Australia policy has a long history - colonialism / federation

Fear set by governments  - Melbourne Parliament

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WHY PEOPLE MIGRATE FROM COUNTRIES THEY ARE BORN?

HOW DOES MIGRATION EFFECT A COUNTRY'S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL CLIMATE?

WHAT IS YOUR FAMILY'S MIGRATION FAMILY- LOOK BACK AT YOUR OWN HISTORY?