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In 1901 most Australians were loyal, white subjects of the British Empire with direct connections to Britain. Within a hundred years, following an unparalleled immigrationprogram, its population was one of the most diverse on earth. This book tells the story of this extraordinary transformation. -- .

Table of Contents

Preface
1 The new century: 1900 and 2000
2 The slow awakening: 1900–14
3 Migrants and the Great War: 1914–18
4 White British Australia resuscitated: the 1920s
5 Malaise, recrimination and demographic pessimism: the 1930s
6 Race, refugees, war and the future: 1939–45
7 Arthur Calwell and the new Australia: 1945–51
8 The great diversification: the 1950s and 1960s
9 White Australia dismantled: the 1970s
10 The end of the heroic days: the 1980s
11 Whither immigrant Australia?
12 The new century
13 Retrospect
Statistics
Notes
Select bibliography
Index

Destination Australia Migration to Australia

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/09/2008
      ISBN13: 9780719080371, 978-0719080371
      ISBN10: 719080371

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 1901 most Australians were loyal, white subjects of the British Empire with direct connections to Britain. Within a hundred years, following an unparalleled immigrationprogram, its population was one of the most diverse on earth. This book tells the story of this extraordinary transformation. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      1 The new century: 1900 and 2000
      2 The slow awakening: 1900–14
      3 Migrants and the Great War: 1914–18
      4 White British Australia resuscitated: the 1920s
      5 Malaise, recrimination and demographic pessimism: the 1930s
      6 Race, refugees, war and the future: 1939–45
      7 Arthur Calwell and the new Australia: 1945–51
      8 The great diversification: the 1950s and 1960s
      9 White Australia dismantled: the 1970s
      10 The end of the heroic days: the 1980s
      11 Whither immigrant Australia?
      12 The new century
      13 Retrospect
      Statistics
      Notes
      Select bibliography
      Index

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