 The Long, Slow Death of White Australia by Gwenda Tavan
The history of the racist immigration policy that was Australia' s guiding light for the majority of the 20th century is examined in this work. Beginning with the policy' s introduction in 1901, this analysis traces the policy' s gradual transformation as successive governments reluctantly gave ground on barring non-Europeans from Australia. Originally intended to ensure an ethnic and cultural link to the mother country, the policy hurt Australia' s relations with Asia and had harsh consequences for non-Europeans residing in the country. The policy' s demise in the early 1970s was initially celebrated as a watershed moment when Australia came into its own as an independent and culturally diverse modern nation. Continued public support for preserving Australia' s white, Anglo-Celtic culture, however, begs the question of whether the White Australia policy really died or was buried alive by bureaucrats and politicians eager to present a new face of Australia to the world.
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