Australian‐Asian Sociability, Student Activism, and the University Challenge to White Australia in the 1950s

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ID20596148
AutoresK Darian-Smith (0000-0001-7773-1205, The University of Melbourne), Kate Darian‐Smith (The University of Melbourne), James Waghorne (0000-0001-9174-0845, The University of Melbourne)
Año2016
Volumen62
Número2
Páginas203-218
Fecha de publicación2016-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAustralian Journal of Politics & History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0004-9522 • E-ISSN: 1467-8497
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ajph.12245
OpenAlexW2466280438
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

During the 1950s, staff, students and graduates of Australian universities were increasingly critical of the racial restrictions on immigration, and their activism contributed to a broader government and community reassessment of the White Australia Policy. Personal experiences of cross‐cultural interactions between Australian students and an increasing number of international students from Asia, including those sponsored by the Australian government's Colombo Plan, underpinned the university challenge to immigration policy. Tertiary curriculum offering new academic interpretations of Asian history and decolonisation also contributed to a growing awareness among university‐educated Australians of Asia, and fostered empathy for its peoples. The publications of the Immigration Reform Group extended this critique of White Australia, and were driven by a moral indignation towards a policy that affected individuals personally known to the critics

Curriculum · Economic growth · Government (linguistics) · Immigration · Immigration policy · Indignation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · White (mutation) · Australian History and Society · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Public Administration