Australia in the 1950s and aboriginal life.
AUSTRALIA IN THE 1940s AND 1950s
Reflections
Australia was a very different country from what it is today.
The population was much smaller and people were still recovering from the Second World War. Australia's population was only about 7 500 000, less then half of what it is today. 90% of the Australian population had been born here and most were descended from the English, Irish or had a Scottish background.
The immigration scheme which began after the Second …
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…of exemption, without them they were denied that are regarded as basic human rights.
They were denied the right to:
*To vote
*Refused social welfare
*Forbidden to drink alcohol or enter a hotel
*Deprived of amenities
*Denied the right to live in a certain place or the freedom to move around from place to place
*Weren't allowed to enrol there children in school.
These are just some examples of the rights aboriginal people were denied.
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