Courtesy - Daily News By Sanjeeva Wickremasena
[Multi-cultural]
* Pacific Islanders brought for slave labour
* White Australia policy introduced
* Premier Malcolm Fraser introduced more liberal policy
* Indian were subject to racially motivated attack recently
* Current policy - mandatory detention for asylum seekers
Modern Australia does not want the world to know their racist past and take extraordinary steps to hide their ugly past. Australians want to project the country to the world as a modern multi-cultural nation that promote Australian ‘mateship’ and equality to all of their citizens. Unfortunately this is far from the truth and Australia and Australians have a long way to go as a nation that constitutes equality among their citizens irrespective of their ethnicity.
In 1901 - Australian Federation was formed.
 Asylum seekers arriving at Christmas Island. Picture courtesy: Google |
1901 - Pacific Islander Act 1901 and Immigration Restriction Act 1901 were introduced with the intent of removing 10,000 Pacific Islanders from Australia. These Pacific Islanders were brought to Australia as slave labour against their wishes in the 1800s. Most of them were forcefully put in ships from their native land and moved to Australia.
In 1909 - Approximately 9,000 Pacific Islanders were deported. Some of them had been living in Australia for decades and had strong family ties to Australia. Such as some of them married Australians and had children. They had to leave their children and wives behind when they were deported.
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