Peopling of the Northern Territory part 1: a white elephant in a white Australia? The Northern Territory, 1901-1920
Langfield, Michele 2001, Peopling of the Northern Territory part 1: a white elephant in a white Australia? The Northern Territory, 1901-1920, Journal of Northern Territory history, no. 12, pp. 1-15.
As a result of negative net immigration during the 1890s depression, Australians at the time of Federation were preoccupied about the slow rate of growth of the population. The non-Aboriginal population at the end of 1904 was approximately three and three-quarter million. and the publication in March 1904 of the Report of the New South Wales Royal Commission on the Decline of the Birth Rate and the Mortality of Infants did nothing to allay these concerns. Despite the perceived need for more people. the desire for racial unity was paramount. The main goals of policy makers at the time were to preserve a 'white' and essentially British Australia and create an imperial bastion in the Southern Hemisphere.
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210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) 210304 Biography
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