White Australia policy
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The White Australia policy was a set of racial policies that aimed to forbid people of non-European ethnic origins – Asians and Pacific Islanders – from immigrating to Australia, in order to create a
Camp Hill (Lambing Flat) at time of the riots, 1860–61. Now the town of Young, New South Wales
Eight-hour day march c. 1900, outside Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne
"Keep Australia White" poster used during the 1917 conscription referendum. The "No" campaign claimed that conscripted soldiers sent overseas would be replaced by non-white labour.
Dutch migrants arriving in Australia in 1954. Australia embarked upon a massive immigration programme following the Second World War and gradually dismantled the preferential treatment afforded to British migrants.
Edmund Barton
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Sir Edmund "Toby" Barton was an Australian politician, barrister and jurist who served as the first prime minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903. He held office as the leader of the Protectionist Par
White Australia policy
…until their numbers declined as departures were not replaced. Soon after Australia became a federation in January 1901, the federal government of Edmund Barton passed the Immigration Restriction Act 1901; this was drafted by Alfred Deakin, who eventually became Australia's second prime minister. The passage…
Official portrait, 1902
Barton in 1866, aged 17
Barton as Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Photo in 1898 of the future 1st prime minister of Australia Edmund Barton aged 49 and 2nd prime minister of Australia Alfred Deakin