Migration Experiences S2 2022

What was The White Australia Policy?

• a set of Australian government policies that aimed to limit or exclude European migration to Australia

• a set of British government policies that aimed to limit or exclude non-European migration to Australia

• a set of Australian government policies that aimed to limit or exclude non-European migration to Australia

• a set of Australian government policies that aimed to increase non-European migration to Australia

What was the term used by Arthur Calwell to promote the idea that Australia needed to increase its population

• ‘Populate or pollute'

• ‘Populate or die’

• ‘Populate or perish’

• 'People and jobs'

What did the 1901 Immigration Restriction Act aim to do?

• exclude non-Europeans from Australia

• include non-Europeans from Australia

• exclude Europeans from Australia

• assess non-Europeans in Australia

Why did Australian migration need to change after WW2?

• Because Australia wanted to become more multicultural

• Because Australia wanted migrants who were not British

• Decrease population in order to build new industries and prevent invasion

• Increase population in order to build new industries and prevent invasion

Where did Arthur Calwell recruit get migrants from?

• Displaced Persons Camps

• Displaced Poverty Camps

• New Zealand

• United States

What was Australia's population at the end of WW2?

• 77 million

• 17 million

• 7 million

• 70 million

What the the two (2) ways we can think migration?

• Push and pull factors

• Push and drive

• Money and pull

• People and poverty

What was the Australian government fearful of in WW2?

• Invasion by Britain

• Floods

• Drought

• Invasion