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White Australia Policy has 76 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 24 references, with 5 live disagreements.

76 facts·61 predicates·24 sources·5 in dispute

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Was Policy ofin disputewasPolicyOf

  • Australia[6]all time · Wf3 22 Mauritian Australians Wikipedia
  • Australia[6]all time · Wf3 22 Mauritian Australians Wikipedia
  • Australia[4]all time · Wf3 21 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online
  • Australia[7]all time · Wf4 14 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online

Typein disputetype

  • Immigration Policy[4]all time · Wf3 21 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online
  • Immigration Policy[6]all time · Wf3 22 Mauritian Australians Wikipedia
  • Policy[4]all time · Wf3 21 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online

Affected Groupin disputeaffectedGroup

  • Mauritian[3]all time · Wf13 22 Mauritians Entry Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourn
  • Mauritians[4]all time · Wf3 21 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online

Restrictedin disputerestricted

Aimed to Remove Fromin disputeaimedToRemoveFrom

Rdf TyperdfType

  • Policy[3]all time · Wf13 22 Mauritians Entry Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourn
  • Policy[6]all time · Wf3 22 Mauritian Australians Wikipedia

Relaxed in YearrelaxedInYear

  • 1966[7]all time · Wf4 14 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online
  • 1966[4]all time · Wf3 21 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online
  • 1966[7]all time · Wf4 14 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online

Has NamehasName

  • White Australia Policy[4]sourceall time · Wf3 21 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online
  • White Australia Policy[3]all time · Wf13 22 Mauritians Entry Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourn

Enacted in YearenactedInYear

  • 1901[16]all time · Direct P3
  • 1901[11]all time · V2 P3

Alternative NamealternativeName

  • White Australia policy[6]all time · Wf3 22 Mauritian Australians Wikipedia

Ended in YearendedInYear

  • 1973[6]all time · Wf3 22 Mauritian Australians Wikipedia

Discriminatorydiscriminatory

  • true[4]all time · Wf3 21 Mauritians Emelbourne the Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online

Inbound mentions (36)

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Other facts (50)

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50 facts
PredicateValueRef
Enforcement EraPost-Federation[4]
Included ProcedureDictation Test[4]
NameWhite Australia Policy[4]
Imposed Restrictionsimmigration restrictions[3]
Known AsWhite Australia Policy[7]
Was Relaxed in1966[4]
Was Relaxed in1966[4]
Applies toAustralia[7]
Relaxed in1966[7]
Excluded Non White MigrantsNon European Migrants[6]
Privileged White MigrantsWhite European Migrants[6]
Was Racial Exclusion PolicyInstitutional Racism[6]
Was in Effect Until1973[6]
Ended in1973[6]
Caused Restriction ofPost Wwii Migration[6]
Is Treated AsBarrier to Immigration[4]
Was Relaxed in Year1966[4]
Aimed to RemoveIndigenous Peoples[5]
Foundational fornew nation 1901[19]
Result ofEstablished Conceptions of Chinese Problem[24]
Caused Decline of ChinatownsChinese Communities[8]
Herded Aborigines IntoReserves[15]
Involved StealingAboriginal Children[15]
Opposed bySome White Businesspeople[15]
Resulted in Mass Deportations ofPacific Islanders[15]
Known Historical Facttrue[20]
Element ofremove from white areas[14]
Prohibitednonwhite immigration after 1901[23]
Advocated byDemocratic Electorates[2]
Ended Coloured LabourTrue[17]
Ended Coloured Labour Kanakas Out By1907null[18]
1901true[1]
Applied toCharles Belcourt[4]
Was in Effect From1901 Federation[6]
Is Historical ContextTrue[22]
Caused Ruin of Plantersnull[9]
Embodies Deontic ExclusionNon Europeans[15]
Presupposes Racial Superioritynull[15]
Deontic Restriction onChinese Immigration[13]
Causes Surprise inChinese Opera Performances[10]
Has Teleological Background in Goldfieldstrue[20]
Led toEnd of Coloured Labour[12]
Deontically EnforcedLabour Restriction[12]
Presupposed to EndColoured Labour[12]
Implied by Queensland for Whitenull[21]
Contextualizes Labor ShortageThomatis Estate[11]
Applied inAustralia[6]
Effect on Migrationrestricted non-white immigration[6]
Is aImmigration Policy[7]
Was Discriminatorytrue[4]

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White Australia policy
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true
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restricted non-white immigration
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remove from white areas
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1901
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1901
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endedInval-mauritius/wf3-22-mauritian-australians-wikipedia
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endedInYearval-mauritius/wf3-22-mauritian-australians-wikipedia
1973
enforcementEraval-mauritius/wf3-21-mauritians-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourne-online
Post-Federation
excludedNonWhiteMigrantsval-mauritius/wf3-22-mauritian-australians-wikipedia
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foundationalForrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive/archival-country-counterclaims-5656e6775481
new nation 1901
hasNameval-mauritius/wf3-21-mauritians-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourne-online
White Australia Policy
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White Australia Policy
hasTeleologicalBackgroundInGoldfieldsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-fiction-interview-aboriginal-dispossession
true
herdedAboriginesIntorosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-heritage-maytown-kubara-kuku-yalanji-chinese-palmer
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impliedByQueenslandForWhitetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
null
imposedRestrictionsval-mauritius/wf13-22-mauritians-entry-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourn
immigration restrictions
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White Australia Policy
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true
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White Australia Policy
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null
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nonwhite immigration after 1901
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1966
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1966
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1966
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typeval-mauritius/wf3-21-mauritians-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourne-online
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wasDiscriminatoryval-mauritius/wf3-21-mauritians-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourne-online
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wasRelaxedInYearval-mauritius/wf3-21-mauritians-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourne-online
1966

References (24)

24 references
  1. customctx:genes/kitty-parents/bobbie-jennie-research
  2. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/011-mail-gutenberg-net-au-ebooks13-1303641h-html-html-extracted-83af66c9d4b8
  3. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf13-22-mauritians-entry-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourn
  4. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf3-21-mauritians-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourne-online
  5. customctx:research/blucher-uhr/wikipedia--kuku-yalanji
  6. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf3-22-mauritian-australians-wikipedia
  7. customctx:genes/val-mauritius/wf4-14-mauritians-emelbourne-the-encyclopedia-of-melbourne-online
  8. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinatowns-aboriginal-presence-chinese-southern-diaspora-cooktown-7b77b3cc2805
  9. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/northmost-australia-vol2-cooktown-coen-archer-context
  10. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/scattered-legacy-chinese-aboriginal-cooktown-focused-excerpt
  11. [11]V2 P32 facts
    customctx:genes/kitty-parents/v2-p3
  12. customctx:genes/chronicles-mowbray-port-douglas
  13. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/robb-chinese-north-australia-reynolds-specific-extract-retry
  14. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/kuku-yalanji-chinese-kubara-palmer-cooktown-context
  15. customctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/qld-heritage-maytown-kubara-kuku-yalanji-chinese-palmer
  16. [16]Direct P31 fact
    customctx:genes/kitty-parents/direct-p3
  17. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0014
  18. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-055
  19. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archive/archival-country-counterclaims-5656e6775481
  20. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-cooktown-fiction-interview-aboriginal-dispossession
  21. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  22. ctx:research/blucher-uhr/trove--bogimbah--174984301--friday-12-april-1901
  23. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-arch-0c5b2617d477
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/chinese-academic-19th-century-australian-chinese-social-history-cooktown-community-e168c902611f

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