Tag Archive | White Australia Policy

A little Australian history

The day will come, and perhaps is not far distant, when the European observer will look round to see the globe circled with a continuous zone of the black and yellow races, no longer too weak for aggression or under tutelage, but independent, or practically so, in government, monopolising the trade of their own regions, […]

F for Fair Go

By Robyn Dunphy February 5, 2012 16 Comments

If there is one thing that epitomises the Aussie spirit, it is the concept of a “fair go”. Possibly this dates back to the first white settlers. Many saw themselves as escaping the class system of England, where not everyone had equal opportunities. Here they would build a new society: a society where all had […]