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Australia and its People › History
What was the White Australia Policy?
- A policy requiring all Australian citizens to speak English
- A government program to settle Europeans in remote areas of Australia
- A policy restricting immigration to favour European settlers, which was dismantled from the 1960s onwards
Why this is the correct answer
Starting with the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901, Australia enforced policies that strongly favoured European, especially British, migrants for decades. These restrictions were progressively dismantled from the 1960s and replaced by a non-discriminatory points-based immigration system.