How Did Identity Change Australia

Australia is considered by many as a multiracial, divergent and inclusive nation. Australia’s outstanding individualities captivate the interest of numerous countries around the world. Australian society has developed quite rapidly, since the white Australia Policy in 1901 to the miscellaneous cultures that now make up all the Australian states today. Australia’s identity change is plainly demonstrated throughout society today in many different areas. The reasons and areas of development will be discussed throughout the following. The dramatic changes that have occurred within society, contributed majorly to Australia’s change of identity.
Australia in 1901 was far from what Australia is today. Many describe 1901 as a time of major revolution; two of the events that created the most amount of impact were the Immigration Restriction Act, which was an Act that was introduced to prevent any non-Europeans from migrating to Australia. The second major event that occurred was Federation which was when Australia was declared
Australia around 1901 could be described as a racist and sexist time. Although Aborigines and Women were both discriminated against, the racism that was shown to the Aborigines was much more overwhelming. Aborigines were deprived voting rights, pension, and employment in post offices and admission in the Australian armed forces. The first time that an Aborigines life was valued equivalent to a European, was The Myall Creek Massacre. Women were restricted to stereotypical jobs such as; nurses, teachers, nannies and hairdressers, and were forced to remain in abusive and unhappy relationships because they were financially dependent on their husbands. When World War One took place in impacted Australia greatly, due to a major drop in Australian male population, they then allowed Maltese, Greek and Italians into Australia to increase their