What was the White Australia policy?

Question

Th teacher was trying to explain it in class but i has no idea coz all the d**n other students were screaming and ****. Sooooo now i need help, i wanna know like: When did it begin., Why did it begin., Who supported it (eg famous ppl, like PMs), where there any voices against the policy, when and why did the policy end???

Thanks yoyu guys soo muchh

Answer 1

"The White Australia policy is a term used to describe a collection of historical legislation and policies that intentionally restricted non-white immigration to Australia from 1901 to 1973.

The inauguration of White Australia as government policy is generally taken to be the passage of the Immigration Restriction Act in 1901, one of the first Acts of the new national parliament upon federation, with virtually no parliamentary opposition. The policy was dismantled in stages by successive governments after the conclusion of World War II, with the encouragement of first non-British and later non-white immigration. From 1973 on, the White Australia policy was for all practical purposes defunct, and in 1975 the Australian government passed the Racial Discrimination Act, which made racially-based selection criteria illegal.

Restrictions on immigration had preceded federation, which began with anti-Chinese legislation enacted by individual Australian colonies during the Australian goldrushes of the 1850s."