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The ending of White Australia: Watch John Menadue in Immigration Nation - Part 3

The ending of White Australia: Watch John Menadue in Immigration Nation - Part 3

Despite causing widespread criticism overseas, in the 1950s under the Menzies government, Australia’s whites-only immigration policy seemed as popular as ever. Indeed the rise of Communism in the region added extra justification to the need to prevent Asians entering the country. But that was to change.

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