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PRONUNCIATION OF WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY

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White Australia policy is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

White Australia policy

The term White Australia Policy comprises various historical policies that intentionally favoured immigration to Australia from certain European countries, and especially from Britain. It came into fruition with the Federation in 1901, and the policies were progressively dismantled between 1949 and 1973. Competition in the goldfields between British and Chinese miners, and labour union opposition to the importation of Pacific Islanders into the sugar plantations of Queensland reinforced the demand to eliminate or minimize low wage immigration from Asia and the Pacific Islands. Soon after Australia became a federation it passed the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901. The passage of this bill is considered the commencement of the White Australia Policy as Australian government policy. Subsequent acts further strengthened the policy up to the start of World War II. These policies effectively allowed for the privileging of British migrants over all others through the first decades of the 20th century.

Definition of White Australia policy in the English dictionary

The definition of White Australia policy in the dictionary is an unofficial term for an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of coloured people into Australia.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY

Whit Monday
Whit Sunday
Whit Week
Whitaker
Whitbread
Whitby

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY

accounting policy
Common Agricultural Policy
endowment policy
equity-linked policy
foreign policy
Good Neighbor Policy
impolicy
incomes policy
insurance policy
lending policy
New Economic Policy
open policy
package policy
policy
prices and incomes policy
scorched earth policy
threshold policy
traditional policy
unit-linked policy
valued policy
wages policy

Synonyms and antonyms of White Australia policy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «White Australia policy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY

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The translations of White Australia policy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «White Australia policy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白澳政策
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Política de la Australia Blanca
570 millions of speakers

English

White Australia policy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्हाइट ऑस्ट्रेलिया नीति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سياسة أستراليا البيضاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Белый Австралия политика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Política Austrália Branca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হোয়াইট অস্ট্রেলিয়া নীতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

La politique de l´Australie blanche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dasar putih Australia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

White Australia Politik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホワイトオーストラリアポリシー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화이트 호주 정책
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kebijakan Australia Putih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Chính sách Nước Úc Da Trắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளை ஆஸ்திரேலியா கொள்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हाइट ऑस्ट्रेलिया धोरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beyaz Avustralya politikası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Politica Bianco in Australia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Polityka biały Australia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Білий Австралія політика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Politica alb Australia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Λευκής Αυστραλίας Πολιτική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Wit Australië -beleid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Vit Australien politik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hvit Australia politikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of White Australia policy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY»

The term «White Australia policy» is normally little used and occupies the 131.101 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about White Australia policy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY»

Discover the use of White Australia policy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to White Australia policy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The White Australia Policy
This book shows these claims are so exaggerated they lack all credibility. Australia is not, and never has been, the racist country its academic historians have condemned.
Keith Windschuttle, 2004
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Not Quite White: Lebanese and the White Australia Policy ...
Dr Monsour's study, by investigating the often difficult to locate government archives, has revealed the bureaucratic maze which peaceful and industrious people who were different, had to negotiate in order to gain citizenship ...the story ...
Anne Monsour, 2010
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Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia
Shifts understanding of the White Australia Policy--and indeed White Australia--by exploring what Chinese Australians were saying and doing at a time when they were officially excluded.
John Fitzgerald, 2007
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Anxious Nation: Australia and the Rise of Asia, 1850-1939
This book impressively combines the personal and the political; it makes sense of spatial and racial anxieties by exploring Australians' broader sense of their region.
David Walker, 1999
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The long, slow death of white Australia
Tavan plots the history of the policy and offers new insights into Australia's past and present place in the world and the ideals that shaped the nation.
Gwenda Tavan, 2005
6
Creating White Australia
This policy required Aboriginal people to 'live as white Australians do',16 revealing a continued commitment to cultural homogeneity underpinning the ' white Australia' policy.17 It was not until. 10 Marcia Langton, Well, I heard it on the radio ...
Jane Carey, Claire McLisky, 2009
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From White Australia to Woomera: The Story of Australian ...
These refugees were acceptable because they were Europeans, within the definitions already used for the White Australia policy, and because they were escaping from communism. Most arrived under the Liberal–Country Party coalition ...
James Jupp, 2007
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History of the White Australia Policy to 1920
Myra Willard. possible misunderstanding with Japan, as there had been with China, concerning the application of the provisions of the treaty to the self- governing colonies. The treaty gave full liberty to the subjects of either Empire to erlter, ...
Myra Willard, 1967
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One of Us?: A Century of Australian Citizenship
The end of the White Australia policy eventually came from the Labor Party and its group of and -racism reformers when Whitlam won government in December 1972. The Party's platform called for a non-racial immigration programme and ...
David Dutton, 2002
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Inequality in Australia
The White Australia Policy was also criticised by the Immigration Reform Group ( 1960:viii), which began as a study group and released a proposal for the dismantling of the White Australia Policy in 1960. Acknowledging that nation- building ...
Alastair Greig, Frank Lewins, Kevin White, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term White Australia policy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reclaim Australia supporters and counter-protesters clash amid …
Small groups of protesters from Reclaim Australia and the United Patriots ... “We do not want a White Australia policy, we want a safe Australia policy,” he said. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Asylum seekers: Policy could eliminate other social evils
If such compassion-based policies can be used to effectively eliminate social .... So how to explain the position we take in Australia? .... White Australia policy? «The Age, May 15»
3
Why human rights affect our prosperity
Australia's protest against the Chan and Sukumaran executions was right. ... From outside Australia, it looks as if the white Australia policy battles are still raging. «The New Daily, Apr 15»
4
Six ways Malcolm Fraser changed Australia forever
It was Gough Whitlam who abolished the White Australia policy and opened the doors to a multicultural Australia; but it was Malcolm Fraser who consolidated ... «The New Daily, Mar 15»
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Muslims condemn Sydney siege as racial tensions heightened over …
Muslim leaders in Australia called for a peaceful resolution to the “Sydney siege” ... The nation operated a discriminatory White Australia Policy on immigration ... «National Post, Dec 14»
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Remembering the man who changed Australia
... the British Honours system, recognition of communist China, independence for Papua New Guinea, the end of the White Australia policy, consumer protection, ... «The New Daily, Nov 14»
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How Australia's twisted racial politics created horrific detention …
The White Australia policy was abolished in 1973, and replaced with a new set of immigration laws that did not use race as a factor in eligibility for visas or ... «Vox, Nov 14»
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a giant, but not as big as his myth
As a family friend to the Whitlams, not even Malcolm Turnbull could allow the myth that the Whitlam government “sought to end the White Australia policy”. «The Australian, Oct 14»
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'Get the Coloured Men Out and the White Men in': The shameful …
The White Australia policy was introduced because of concerns about non-European settlement when Chinese miners came New South Wales and Victoria for ... «Daily Mail, Jul 14»
10
Welcome back to White Australia
Maybe, in decades to come, we will look back at this time and regard it as one of the worst stains on our nation. More awful than the White Australia Policy and ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. White Australia policy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/white-australia-policy>. Apr 2024 ».
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