White Australia policy

British  

noun

1. history an unofficial term for an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of coloured people into Australia

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Example Sentences

These arrivals constituted one of the first major influxes of migrants of color to Australia, after the country wholly abandoned its “White Australia policy” that had barred immigrants of non-European ethnic origins, said Anh Nguyen Austen, a historian at Australian Catholic University.

From New York Times

He adds that there was a "pro-British sentiment built in", particularly amid the backdrop of the White Australia policy that had formalised the restriction of non-white immigration since 1901, while enabling Brits to relocate.

From BBC

Different approaches to race and migration have also complicated the trans-Tasman relationship as far back as 1901, when New Zealand declined to become Australia’s seventh state in part because of concerns about how what would become the “White Australia” policy would apply to its Polynesian or Indigenous Maori citizens, said Paul Hamer, a researcher at Victoria University of Wellington.

From New York Times

Some experts like Dr Soutphommasane have concluded that Australia's complacency on areas like representation stems from how the nation embraced multiculturalism after its White Australia policy.

From BBC

Chinese have been coming to Australia for two centuries, but significant numbers of ethnic Chinese migrants began arriving after the end of the White Australia Policy in the early 1970s.

From New York Times