AUSTRALIA IN THE 1940s AND 1950s Reflections Australia was a very different country from what it is today. The population was much smaller and people were still recovering from the Second World War. Australia's population was only about 7 500 000, less then half of what it is today. 90% of the Australian population had been born here and most were descended from the English, Irish or had a Scottish background. The immigration scheme which began after the Second …showed first 75 words of 512 total…

…showed last 75 words of 512 total…of exemption, without them they were denied that are regarded as basic human rights. They were denied the right to: *To vote *Refused social welfare *Forbidden to drink alcohol or enter a hotel *Deprived of amenities *Denied the right to live in a certain place or the freedom to move around from place to place *Weren't allowed to enrol there children in school. These are just some examples of the rights aboriginal people were denied.