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==20th century==

==20th century==

===White Australia===

===White Australia===

White Australia was the policy adopted in 1901 to limit immigration to Europeans (especially British), and stop immigration from Asia. Thousands of Polynesians were deprted in the process.  

White Australia was the policy adopted in 1901 to limit immigration to Europeans (especially British), and stop immigration from Asia. Thousands of Polynesians were deported in the process.

 

===Progress===

===Progress===

The mood in Australia resembled the [[Progressive Movement]] in the United States. There was much discussion about how to reform society and government, often using the new social science ideas imported from Btitish liberalism, social imperialism and American progressivism.<ref> Judith Smart quoted in  Gerhard Fischer, 'Negative Integration' and an Australian Road to Modernity: Interpreting The Australian Homefront Experience In World War I," ''Australian Historical Studies'' 1995 26(104): 452-476</ref>

The mood in Australia resembled the [[Progressive Movement]] in the United States. There was much discussion about how to reform society and government, often using the new social science ideas imported from Btitish liberalism, social imperialism and American progressivism.<ref> Judith Smart quoted in  Gerhard Fischer, 'Negative Integration' and an Australian Road to Modernity: Interpreting The Australian Homefront Experience In World War I," ''Australian Historical Studies'' 1995 26(104): 452-476</ref>