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Cheap labour from the Pacific Islands and Asia was a threat to the living standards of Australian workers in the nineteenth century, and so a policy, called the White Australia policy, of excluding immigrants not of European race was widely adopted, though it is now generally disowned.
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"Those who believe that the notion of White Australia still persists.
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At the same time, I had heard enough about Australian reactions to the flight that evening to realise that it would be quite impossible to operate my aircraft in White Australia.
ROUND THE BEND Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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This recognition came during Australia's much derided White Australia policy, which only ended officially in 1973.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rory Fitzgerald 2012
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This recognition came during Australia's much derided White Australia policy, which only ended officially in 1973.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rory Fitzgerald 2012
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It was the Liberal Party that began the breakdown of the White Australia policy in the early 1960s.
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The reality is that "border protection" was made a major political issue in politically correct racist (PC racist) White Australia by the extreme right wing Liberal-National Party Coalition from 2001 onwards to pander to the even further right wing, anti-Asian First Nation Party.
Countercurrents.org 2010
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Pauline Hanson, the former One Nation leader who polarised Australians with her strident anti-immigration views, invoking echoes of the defunct White Australia policy, wants to become a migrant ... to the United Kingdom.
On Line Opinion - Latest Articles Rachel Woodlock 2010
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The constitution was drafted against a backdrop of racism that led to the White Australia
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The French might have a better chance of relating to the experiences in this film than White Australia.
newmatilda.com - Comments jrsubs 2010
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