Important People
The First Prime Minister of Australia?
Edmund Barton
The year of Australia's Federation
1901
Two reasons why the WAP was changed after WW2
1. Allow economic growth
2. Increase Australia's population
First Immigration Minister
Arthur Calwell
The year the dictation test was abolished
1958
Famous statement by the Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell
"Populate or Perish"
The Prime Minister that increased immigration from non European countries in 1978
Malcom Fraser
The year the Racial Discrimination Act was introduced effectively ending the White Australia Policy
1973
What is meant by migrants getting an 'assisted' passage to Australia after WW2?
The Government paid for most of their fare to get here
The Immigration Minister who abolished the dictation test
Alexander Downer
The year the dictation test was introduced
1903
Who did the assisted passage scheme initially target?
British people
The Australian Prime Minister in 1966 who allowed non Europeans with professional qualifications to immigrate
Harold Holt
The year non Europeans with professional qualifications were allowed to immigrate
1966
Who were the 'Beautiful Balts' the Australian media referred to in 1947?
Refugees displaced by war and in refugee camps in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania