Before 1945
Examples of staple dishes in Australia before 1945
Lamb chops, mutton, apple pie and custard
Name of the scheme that began to open up migration into Australia
Populate or Perish
Name one Australian Prime Minister involved in changing migration laws
Robert Menzies, Harold Holt, Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser
Name one festival introduced to Australia through migration
Eid, Lunar New Year, Diwali
Name of a country made up of many different cultures
Multicultural
Main religion followed
Christianity
What was the population of Australia in 1945?
7 million
What changed when the 1958 Migration Act was introduced?
No more dictation test
What style of dining did Italian migrants bring to Australia?
Cafe culture
Two sides of the conflict in the Vietnam War
USA and South Vietnam (democratic/capitalist)
North Vietnam (communist)
Law that stopped non-White immigration
White Australia Policy or the Immigration Restriction Act
What was the first group of people encouraged to migrate?
10 pound poms
What changed when the 1966 Migration Act was introduced?
How many languages does SBS broadcast in?
Over 60
Why did WW2 cause population changes?
Deaths and displacement of peoples
How many people passed the dictation test in 1909?
Zero
What are the Baltic countries?
Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Estonia
Who made a speech in 1973 encouraging multiculturalism?
Al Grassby
How many weeks was Shaddup Ya Face at the top of the Australian music charts?
8
How long in total was the White Australia Policy active?
72 years
Monocultural
Which was the first Asian group allowed to migrate?
Vietnamese
1975
How does food foster acceptance?
Participation and enjoyment of culture
Word used to describe the process of taking in and fully absorbing new ideas, food, or cultural traits into a larger group or system
Assimilation