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White Australia policy
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White Australia policy
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(Historical Terms) History an unofficial term for an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of coloured people into Australia


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Opening papers explore debates over the concept of hegemonic masculinity; the evolution of Australian immigration policy from one that sought to create a white Australia to one that is more accepting of multiculturalism; and the way migrant men are figured as worker through the discursive construction of race, gender, and class.
The White Australia policy had begun in 1901 to restrict non-white immigration to the country, and was scrapped in 1973.
Over the last few years, with his small majority in Oldham, he has edged his rhetoric ever closer to the kind used back in the days of White Australia.
 
 
 
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