White Aus Policy
What was the White Australia Policy?
Restricting non-European migration and maintain a predominantly white population.
What year did the first fleet arrive?
1788
While Australia’s European settlement began as a convict __________, it soon expanded into a free settlement.
Colony
What occurred in 1901?
What does perspective mean?
A particular attitude towards or way of regarding something, a point of view.
What law was introduced very shortly after federation and supported the White Australia policy?
Immigration Restriction Act 1901
Why did the British decided to establish a colony at Botany Bay?
Overcrowded prisons, economic benefits (materials/resources), power and control
What kind of changes did the Europeans make to the Country of First Nations Australians?
Buildings, fences, houses, farms etc.
What was blackbirding?
Kidnapping workers from Pacific Islands.
What does reliability mean and what do you need to consider regarding the reliability of a source?
How trustworthy the source is. Consider origin, author's perspective, purpose & the type of source.
Provide an example of either a primary or secondary source, regarding the White Australia Policy.
Primary- Excerpt from the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, cartoons/newspapers from the time etc.
Secondary- textbooks written on the time etc.
Define Terra Nullius.
A Latin expression meaning ‘land that belongs to no one’.
What type of epidemic spread quickly through the Eora people in Sydney and killed a large percentage of the Aboriginal population?
Smallpox. A deadly disease that caused fever, rashes, and often death.
What is usefulness when regarding source analysis?
How relevant or helpful a source is in providing information about your topic.
What does contested views in history mean?
History is contested when people disagree about how the past should be understood.
What does 'Yellow Peril' refer to?
Fear of Chinese Immigration.
Define imperialism.
The process of building an empire. Powerful nations rule over weaker places and claim the land as a colony.
The increasing contact between European settlers and Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples led to increased ___________ and _________.
Resistance and conflict.
What is accuracy when regarding source analysis?
This is where you are asked to form a judgment about the correctness of the information provided by a source.
The easiest way to argue in favour of a source being accurate is to show that the information provided by the source is ________ by a different source.
Corroborated
Why did many Australians want to restrict Chinese immigration?
Concerns they would lose their jobs to Chinese immigrants who were often willing to work for lower wages, that they were inferior to Europeans, unfounded fears they would bring diseases or unsanitary practices and that they wouldn’t assimilate into the predominantly British culture of the time.
How did Britain acquire/claim Australia?
By declaring it “newly discovered”, that it was ownerless. Declaring terra nullius.
What were some of the devasting effects that the disease outbreak had on the Indigenous peoples?
Families and elders were lost. Knowledge and leadership structures were disrupted. Survivors were weakened and traumatised.
How does bias affect reliability and can a bias sourced still be useful? Why/why not.
It can make a source less trustworthy. Yes, it can show a perspective from the time.
What does UAR stand for?
Usefulness, accuracy and reliability.