Changes of Australia''''s Cultural Policy in the 20th Century

1.The assimilation phase1.1Background From the19th century up to the Second World War,with the vast majority of immigrants coming from Britain and Ireland,Australia was able to maintain the racial purity and remain a monocultural nation.After the Second World War,with fewer and fewer immigrants coming from the most preferential nations,the Australian government,aware of growing needs for labor in the manufacturing sector and of the declining birth rate,embarked on an ambitious immigration …