Australias Over the Past 50 Years
Over the last 50 years, Australians have experienced more change than the history of the nation. We have fought in wars, changed our views on women's rights in the family, and in the work place, opened our arms to people in need of safe refuge as well as coming to terms with our past treatment of the aboriginal community.We have hosted the "best ever" Olympic games, and have gone from being a new country to well established, being shown high respect from overseas, not only for our cooperation towards other countries in need of troops to help them keep peace in countries such as East Timor, but we have also been highly commended for our willingness to accept people of other cultures, and accept them as our own.In 1946, Ben Chifley's labor government opened Australia's doors to the immigrants of Europe; fleeing the destruction that world war two had left behind. 100,000 to 150,000 people from all around Europe took the chance to start fresh. Since then, more than 5 million immigrants have seeked permanent living arrangements in Australia. This number includes 500,000 refugees, who have come to Australia, seeking a way of life, from their war-torn home countries.Since the white-Australia policy was scrapped in 1973, a large p
The aboriginals have also been given a lot more privileges as well, for example, the Mabo decision. The last 50 years have been good, yes, and they have been very productive. Since the end of World War 2, Australia's main military role was in the forgotten war, Vietnam. Australia feared a "domino" effect and so the decision was made to send Australian troops to fight. Another major turning point, was that of the National Sorry Day walks started in 1999, where people walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, in order to say sorry to the Aboriginals for their family's part in the stolen generation. In later times, however, I feel Australia has let down the community by the way the defence force has been used in some issues, such as the refugees stranded off the coast of Christmas Island. Charles Perkins and Jim Spigelman led it, with the help from Ted Noffs and Bill Ford. In 1965, a group of about 30 Sydney University students, including two Aboriginal people undertook a 3,200 km bus tour of northern NSW towns investigating and protesting discrimination against Aborigines. It's like a boiler without a pressure release valve; it builds up and builds up, until it explodes. This was one of the major turning points in the way the aboriginals are treated. Conscription had been around since world war one, but was abolished in 1958, only to be re-introduced in 1964.
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