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In 1901 there was a law that said only white people were allowed to live in Australia or come to Australia.
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390,000 people arrive from the British Isles. The population goes from 4 million to 5 million.
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In 1906, the pacific islanders were taken out of Australia which effected the population.
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In 1910, the aboriginal children were taken out of Australia to other families which effected the population.
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When World War 1 started, it was decided you had to be able to read and write in English to be an Australian.
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In the 1920's, 300,000 immigrants came, mainly from Britain but also from Italy and Greece.
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In 1925, the Australian Government saw the British as immigrants and to get a more 'multicultural' country, tried to bring some over to Australia.
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From 1929, to 1937, 7,000 refugees came from Germany to flee the Nazis.
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In 1938, the Australian Government tried to bring 15,000 Jewish people from Nazism to Australia. The journey took three years, but half way through World War 2 started and only 7,500 made it across.
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Since 1901, 600,000 immgrants had come to Australia and 470,000 immigrants were assisted.
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In 1946, Australia lost 15, 148 immigrants. Australia also signed an agreement to provide free assisted passage to migrants and ex-servicemen from Britain. They also agreed to provide free assisted passage to ex-servicemen from Poland, USA, Netherlands, Norway, France, Belgium and Denmark.
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In 1947, it was decided that non-europeans were allowed to have a permenant residence in Australia for business reasons if they had lived there for at least 15 years. Peace treaties were created with Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary and because of that, a lot of migrants from those place traveled to Australia.
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In 1951, Australia agreed to provide assisted passage for the Netherlands and Italy.
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In 1952, Australia agreed to provide assisted passage for West Germany.
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In 1954, Australia agreed to provide assisted passage for USA, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
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In 1955, the one millionth post-war migrant arrived in Australia. Her name was Barbara Porritt and she cam from England. Barbara stayed until 1960.
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In 1956, the was a huge uprise in Hungary that sent at least 19,000 refugees to Australia, seeking a better life.
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In 1966, it was decided that temporary residents who weren't European were allowed to have a permanent residence in Australia if they had lived here for 5 years or more.
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In 1968, the was a terrible and traumatic earthquake in Sicily. The victims of the earthquake sought refuge in Australia, so Australia's population grew even more!
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In 1970, the first ever refugees arrived in Australia from Vietnam, Chile, Cyprus and Lebanon.
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In the 1970's, political dissidents from Chile, Argentina and Uruguay traveled to Australia because of the community following military rules and condtition (communist military regimes was the reason they left.)
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In 1972, the biggest ever groups of immigrants came to Australia from Britain, Italy and Greece.
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In 1975, the Racial Discrimination Act started up in Australia. The Act said that you were not allowed to criticise or give a disadvantage to people because of their religion, race, colour or descent. This encouraged more immigrants to come to Australia. Also, in 1975, Saigon fell which prompted a LOT of immigrants to come to Australia from Indo-China.
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Another thing that happened in 1975, was the Lebanese Civil War which made 20,000 refugees come to Australia. More than half the refugees were Muslim (Islam) which changed the religions in Australia.
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In 1989, the Prime Minister Bob Hawke granted permission for a lot of Chinese students to stay in Australia permanently.
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From 1991 to 2000, the Yugoslav war made many Albanians, Bosnian Muslims, Croats and Serbs settle in the major cities of Australia.
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In 1998, after the Jakarta riots, many Jarkata refugees came to Australia so get away from the murder and destruction.
