Blog 5 : Modernity and Post-Modernism in Australia

.....In this essay, I chose to talk about the period after the second world war in australia. Australia participates in the Second World War with England. The collapse of the British Army in the Pacific led Australia to reorient its foreign and military policy toward the United States. In this essay, I will discuss the policy change after this terrible period.

.....In 1945, Australia will move away more and more of Britain as in the political, social and cultural to approach the United States, eventually becoming one of the most faithful allies, and Asia. After World War II, Australia will launch a comprehensive immigration program, believing that having narrowly avoided a Japanese invasion. This wave of immigration will dramatically change the character of Australian society, which before the war was almost purely Anglo-Celtic, folded on itself and conservative. In addition to security considerations, the shortage of labor is a factor contributing to the establishment of a policy of large-scale immigration whose goal was to achieve a population growth at a rate of 2% per year. Since 1945 Australia has welcomed nearly 6 million people, and the total population of Australia during the same period rose from 7 to 18.7 million in 1997. The progressive abolition between 1966 and 1973 the policy of "White Australia" then allowed the arrival of a new type of immigrants, particularly from Asian countries. From the middle of 1970s, the Australian Government became aware of the country's ethnic diversity. Australia society became multicultural society. Multiculturalism represents a significant achievement of Australian social policy: the country has drawn a line before his racism to become one of the most tolerant nations in the world.

.....In conclusion, I think that immigration policy in Australia has truly changed. In my opinion, it represents the main development of the country.