jan 1, 1897 - Queensland Aboriginal Protection Act; forced to carry permits to travel anywhere (White Australia Policy)

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The term White Australia policy was widely used to encapsulate a set of historical policies that aimed to forbid people of non-European ethnic origin, especially Asians (primarily Chinese) and Pacific Islanders from immigrating to Australia, starting in 1901. Governments progressively dismantled such policies between 1949 and 1973.

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