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Topic : White Australia: Immigration Restriction Act 1901

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Chapter 1 : History of racist attitudes and fear

Many white-Australians believed that the Aboriginal people were primitive and inferior to them
Immigrants from China, Japan and the Pacific Islands experienced racism throughout the 19th century
White-Australians often feared that immigrants would provide cheap, coloured labour and would take their jobs
At Federation, the ethnic composition of the Australian population was predominantly from the British Isles
In the colonial era, the population was British-born and read British books which often portrayed villains as black natives

Chapter 2 : Economics: Pacific Islanders and Asian workers

Chapter 3 : Commonwealth government policy and legislation

Chapter 4 : Perceptions of the White Australia Policy

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