After the events of World War II, world events continued to have a significant impact on the migration of people to Australia. In 1945, saw waves of migrants seeking refuge in Australia, escaping war and conflict in their own countries. Further into 1945, Australia promoted immigration to replenish the citizens lost due to war. The end of the Immigration Restriction Act in 1965, found many migrants moving to Australia. Australia was vulnerable at the end of World War II, the Australian Government stimulated immigration to protect themselves from the threat of communist Japan.
The Australian population was very vulnerable from the World War II Japanese attacks. During 1941, the Japanese bombed Darwin and caused a lot of damage. It was later discovered that there were two Japanese submarines were hiding in the Sydney Harbor. Australia felt like it needed more people to
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This was one of the first acts to be passed by the new parliament and was extremely explicit. The overall aim of this and other related legislation was to limit non-white immigration to Australia, particularly Asian immigration, and thereby preserve the predominance of the British within Australia. The abolition of the policy took place over a period of 25 years. In 1956 residents of Australia who were not of European background were allowed to apply for citizenship, and Japanese war brides were permitted settlement in Australia. During 1940’s and 1950’s, the Australian population was predominantly made of British and other European ethnic communities. Following the abolishment, new communities from countries such as Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt began to arrive. By the early 1970s, more than five per cent of the annual intake of Australia 's immigrants was from