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National boundaries

When the colonies came together in 1901, the states had already established strategic and economic claims throughout the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. Australia’s maritime and land boundaries had to be negotiated before and after Federation through interaction with independent states as well as French, Dutch and German colonies. The immigration acts that made up the White Australia policy were part of an internal attempt to define those national boundaries. These attempts to legislate 'racial' boundaries for Australia began in 1855, and continued into the middle of the twentieth century, when the first blows were struck against exclusionary policies that included policing based on a language test. Materials in Chinese and Japanese, French, German and Dutch give inside and outside views of how Australia sought to be identified and was recognised in the region and globally.

From the archive Filter this collection

National boundaries
Dutch
Australië
Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands)
National boundaries
Russian
Avstraliia
Northern Territory Library
National boundaries
Dutch
Gladakkers
Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands)
National boundaries
English, German
KATZ Rudolf Adolf
State Archives of New South Wales
National boundaries
Dutch
Nieuw-Guinea
Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands)
National boundaries
Dutch
Statestiek
Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands)
National boundaries
German, English
Verschiedenes
National Archives of Australia
National boundaries
Chinese, English
Wing Lee
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
National boundaries
Greek (Modern)
Συνοπτικός οδηγός και σύμβουλος του Ελλήνος εν Αυστραλία υπό Όσκαρ Ευθυμίου Γεωργουλά F.R.H.S, Γεωπόνου εταίρου της βασιλικής φυτοκομκής εταιρίας της Αγγλίας, Σίδνεϊ, 1919 - Concise guide and adviser to the Greek in Australia under Oscar Efthymiou Georgoulos F.R.H.S, Agricultural partner of the Royal Horticultural Society of England, Sydney, 1919
Hellenic Historic & Cultural Centre NSW

Newspapers

National boundaries
Chinese
Tung Wah News
National Library of Australia

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