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Arthur Calwell with the Kalnins family – the 50,000th New Australian – August 1949 In 1954, 50,000 Dutch migrants arrived. Post-war immigration to Australia deals with migration to Australia in the decades immediately following World War II, and in particular refers to the predominantly European wave of immigration which occurred between 1945 and the end of the White Australia policy in 1973.
During the later half of the 19th century, several colonies funded the immigration of skilled immigrants from Europe, starting with the assistance of German vintners to South Australia. The government found that if it wanted immigrants it had to subsidise migration; the great distance from Europe made Australia a more expensive and less ...
Australia also operated schemes to assist selected migrants from other countries, notably the Netherlands (1951), Italy (1951), Greece (1952), West Germany (1952) and Turkey (1967). [ 10 ] Assisted migrants were generally required to remain in Australia for two years after arrival, or alternatively refund the cost of their assisted passage.
In 2019–20, immigration to Australia came to a halt during the COVID-19 pandemic, which in turn saw a shrinkage of the Australian population for the first time since World War I, [4] [5] though in the following period 2021–22 showed a very strong recovery of migrant arrivals.
In 1960, the government split the Commonwealth Bank of Australia into the Commonwealth Banking Corporation and the Reserve Bank of Australia. [ 19 ] While for most Australians the Menzies era was an era of prosperity, the nation experienced high inflation during the early years of Menzies' rule.
Prince Charles attended school in Australia during the 1960s. The issue of a republic did not arise again until the 1970s. The issue of a republic did not arise again until the 1970s. In the 1990s it was brought to the forefront of national debate by Prime Minister Paul Keating , who promised in 1993 to introduce an "Australian federal republic ...
The Migration Act 1958 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that governs immigration to Australia. [2] It set up Australia’s universal visa system (or entry permits). Its long title is "An Act relating to the entry into, and presence in, Australia of aliens, and the departure or deportation from Australia of aliens and certain other ...
The Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre was a camp set up for receiving and training migrants to Australia during the post World War II immigration boom. The camp was set on 130 hectares (320 acres) near Wodonga at the locality of Bonegilla in north east Victoria, [1] between the Hume Dam and the city of Wodonga.