Australia, migration, early 20th century to present
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Australia, migration, early 20th century to present |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2349 |
Book Title | The encyclopedia of global human migration |
Authors | |
Author | Mason, Robert |
Editors | Ness, Immanuel and Bellwood, Peter |
Page Range | 1-6 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | Hoboken, NJ. United States |
ISBN | 9781444334890 |
9781444351071 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm053 |
Abstract | Australia's modern history has been defined by the country's experience of migration and its associated sociocultural debates. The Australian constitution, enacted in 1901, created the new Commonwealth of Australia from the six hitherto separate British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. The new country's identity was far from settled however, despite its shared imperial British heritage. The new nation was acutely conscious of its whiteness and the land's supposedly rugged and underdeveloped nature. The consequence was to be a highly masculinized society, predicated on the need to preserve and expand its north European pioneering values. The new Commonwealth of Australia was profoundly conscious of its geographical position, close to Asia and far from other white populations (with the exception of New Zealand). |
Keywords | labor supply; race; poverty; demography and population studies; indigenous peoples; political economy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470212. Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies |
430302. Australian history | |
441013. Sociology of migration, ethnicity and multiculturalism | |
Public Notes | Copyright © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1vw1/australia-migration-early-20th-century-to-present
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