White Australia policy

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The White Australia policy was a set of historical immigration laws and practices that aimed to restrict non-European immigration to Australia and maintain a predominantly white population.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
White Australia policy canonical 4
White Australia ideology 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical policy of Australia ⓘ
immigration policy ⓘ
racial segregation policy ⓘ
abolishedBy Racial Discrimination Act 1975 ⓘ
Whitlam Government ⓘ
linked to: Whitlam government
aimedTo maintain a predominantly white population in Australia ⓘ
restrict non-European immigration ⓘ
appliesTo immigration to Australia ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Asians ⓘ
linked to: Asian diaspora

Pacific Islanders ⓘ
non-European migrants ⓘ
basedOn racial discrimination ⓘ
white supremacist ideology ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
criticizedFor discriminating against Asians and Pacific Islanders ⓘ
racism ⓘ
violating human rights ⓘ
documentedIn Australian immigration law ⓘ
Australian parliamentary debates ⓘ
endTime 1973 ⓘ
exempted most British migrants ⓘ
most Northern European migrants ⓘ
some Southern European migrants ⓘ
hasEffect limited Asian immigration to Australia ⓘ
maintained predominantly white demographic profile for decades ⓘ
shaped Australian national identity ⓘ
hasPart Immigration Restriction Act 1901 ⓘ
deportation provisions for prohibited immigrants ⓘ
dictation test requirement ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
implementedBy Australian Department of Immigration ⓘ
Commonwealth Government of Australia ⓘ
influencedBy 19th-century racial theories ⓘ
British imperial attitudes ⓘ
fear of Asian immigration ⓘ
legalForm administrative practices ⓘ
federal legislation ⓘ
opposedBy civil rights advocates ⓘ
international human rights bodies ⓘ
some churches ⓘ
phasedOutDuring 1960s ⓘ
post-World War II period ⓘ
replacedBy multiculturalism policy in Australia ⓘ
non-discriminatory immigration policy ⓘ
significantEvent introduction of dictation test in any European language ⓘ
passage of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 ⓘ
post-war relaxation of racial criteria ⓘ
startTime 1901 ⓘ
topicOf Australian historical scholarship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commonwealth Liberal Party → supportedPolicy → White Australia policy ⓘ
Chinese Australians → historicallySubjectTo → White Australia policy ⓘ
late 19th-century Australia → characterizedBy → White Australia ideology ⓘ
linked to: White Australia policy
Protectionist Party → supportedPolicy → White Australia policy ⓘ