Events
Immigration Restriction Act (1901)Dictation Test Amendments (1903)End of World War II (1945)Calwell becomes Minister for Immigration (Populate or Perish Campaign) (1945)Construction of the Snowy Mountain Hydro Scheme (1949)Harold Holt replaces Arthur Calwell (1949)Revised Migration Act (1958)Hubert Opperman changes criteria for migration from ‘race’ to ‘suitability’ (1966)The Division of Assimilation in the Department of Immigration was renamed the Division of Integration (1968)Whitlam Government is elected, and last traces of White Australia Policy are removed (1973)
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