HLSC120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: White Australia Policy, Immigration Restriction Act 1901, Terra Nullius
24 May 2018
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HLSC120 – Indigenous Health and Culture
Week 4 Lecture
Objectives:
1. Identify the Eras in Australian Government Policies re: Aboriginals
2. Define racial discrimination
3. Critically reflect on the issues of Race and Racism
4. Understanding the impact of past/present policy on health and social wellbeing
Objective 1:
• Era of Australian Policies:
- British Proclamation (1770)
- Protection/Segregation Era (1788 – s
- White Australia Policy (1901 - 1972)
- Assimilation Era (1930 – 1960)
- Integration Era (1960-1970)
- Self-Determination Era (1970 – Now)
- Reconciliation (1991 – Now)
- Liberal Coalition Government (1996 – 2007)
- Labour Coalition Government (2007-2013)
- Liberal Coalition Government (2013 – Now)
• Terra Nullius: No-as Lad, o oe os the lad, free to take
• Sovereignty Day – 26th Jan 2006 (Tent Embassy Canberra)
• Protection Era:
- Belieed i soothig the pillo of a dyig rae
- English Government pressured by Aborigines Protection Society for peaceful
colonisation and recognise Aboriginal needs
- Goeror Phillip to protet aties ad gradually assiilate
- Aboriginal Protectors appointed but uninformed and under-resourced
- Aorigials soo eae frige dellers liig i poerty ut atie
resistance occurring
• Protection Policy:
- Missions and reserves developed
- Curfews for Aboriginals accessing towns
- Forced to go to missions for food (Government handouts)
- Languages disallowed
- Massacres continued
- Native police set up
• White Australia Policy:
- Also known as the Immigration Restriction Act
- Consisted of a number of laws
- Aim: to prevent non-Europeans entering Australia
- Prevented Aboriginal Soldiers returning from the Boer War in South Africa
- In 1903 the dictation test was administered 805 times and only 46 people
passed
• Assimilation Policy:
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Document Summary
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