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journal contribution
posted on 2001-01-01, 00:00authored byMichele Langfield
Over time, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 and its later amendments were remarkably successful in excluding 'coloured' immigrants from Australia. It is clear, however, that although most Australians wanted to preserve the 'white' and British character of their nation, the argument that 'non-white' and non-British immigrants were more suited to the settlement of northern Australia was frequently debated in the early decades of the twentieth century. While this idea continued to challenge the validity of a 'white Australia' in the north, public figures were divided on the issue. This article examines in some detail the contemporary debates over the peopling of the Northern Territory in the inter-war years.
History
Journal
Journal of Northern Territory history
Issue
12
Pagination
17 - 26
Publisher
Historical Society of the Northern Territory
Location
Darwin, N.T.
ISSN
1034-7488
Language
eng
Publication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice
2001, Historical Society of the Northern Territory