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From White Australia to Woomera: the Story of Australian Immigration.

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FROM WHITE AUSTRALIA TO WOOMERA: THE STORY OF AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION JAMES JUPP CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2002

AUD $29.95 (PPB), PP. 200 ISBN: 0521 531403

Following a recent wave of academic and journalistic discussion on refugees, prompted by the Tampa incident, the Pacific Solution and the detention of asylum seekers, From White Australia to Woomera: The Story of Australian Immigration provides a thorough and attentive account of the history of Australian government policy on immigration. The book takes us step-by-step through the history of Australian immigration: from the beginning of settlement to the White Australia policy; the emergence of 'multiculturalism'; the role of the Immigration Department and the impact of the Fitzgerald report; economic rationalism in immigration policy; population issues; One Nation; and the intake of refugees. Also included are discussions on governmental advisory structures, state agencies and the emergence of the 'ethnic lobby'. Jupp neither sets out to provide a theoretical analysis of the history of Australian immigration policy nor uses the book as a platform for polemical debate. Although not framed within a systematic theoretical context, this is one of the book's strengths as it enhances...

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