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What is the White Australia Policy and when was it dismantled?
- A policy restricting Asian immigration, still partially in place
- A policy favouring British immigration, largely dismantled by the mid-1970s
- A policy requiring immigrants to live in rural areas, ended in 1945
- A wartime policy ended in 1945
Why this is the correct answer
Australia's White Australia Policy encompassed a range of laws and practices that heavily restricted non-European immigration, with a particular preference for British migrants. It was progressively dismantled from the 1960s onwards and effectively ended by the mid-1970s when a fully non-discriminatory immigration policy was adopted.