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White Australia Policy

White Aus·tra·lia Pol·i·cy


noun 
Definition:
 
limiting of nonwhite immigration: the policy of limiting the number of nonwhite people migrating to Australia, embodied in the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 and officially abandoned in 1945. Some restrictions remained in place for some time afterward.

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