Multiculaturalism in Australia

There are three main phases in the evolution of Australia's public policies on immigration and related migrant settlement and cultural diversity issues, referred to as assimilation, integration and multiculturalism.

When Australia was made into a federation, it needed more people to develop the land. When gold was discovered in the Gold Rush period, people from all parts of the world were attracted like magnet by the promise of wealth that they could discover in Australia. Due to racial attitu

By 1973 the term 'multiculturalism' had been introduced and migrant groups were forming state and national associations to maintain their cultures, and promote the survival of their languages and heritages within mainstream institutions.

Thus the mid-1960s to 1973 evolved into the integration period. Integration refers to those policies that did not suggest the necessary loss of any individual's original language and customs but nevertheless, saw their principal value in their utility as a means to full participation in an integrated Australian culture. These polices recognised that large numbers of migrants, especially those whose first language was not English, experienced hardships as they settled in Australia, and required more direct assistance. They also recognised the importance of ethnic organisations in helping the process of resettlement.

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