Legacy
In addition to the obvious demographic effect of creating a population of European, and largely Anglo-Celtic, descent, by effectively limiting the immigration of practitioners of non-Christian faiths, the White Australia policy ensured that Christianity remained the religion of the overwhelming majority of Australians. While non-European and non-Christian immigration has increased substantially since the dismantling of the White Australia policy, Australian society inevitably remains rooted in the demographic legacy of the half-century-plus of White Australia, during which time the country underwent its most substantial population growth.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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