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ARTICLE · 02 DECEMBER 2020

The White Australia Policy Part 1: Constructing fortress Australia

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Discussion about the White Australia Policy & its legacy.

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Paul Gregoire
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"This country shall remain forever the home of the descendants of those people who came here in peace in order to establish in the South Seas an outpost of the British race," remarked Australian PM John Curtin, following the outbreak of hostilities with Japan during the Second World War.

The nation's head of state for the majority of the global conflict, Curtin was appealing to long-running sentiment within the Anglo Australian community that sought to ensure the population of the country remained majority British descended. This was a policy reinforced in legislation.

Like so many politicians of the time - as well as a good number today - Curtin's declaration whitewashes over the fact that on British arrival, this continent was the site of more than 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations.

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