tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post114743970522429370..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: TimingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-1147785797942316882006-05-16T23:23:00.000+10:002006-05-16T23:23:00.000+10:00Shane, I expect so, though I haven't read enough o...Shane, I expect so, though I haven't read enough of his later writings to say definitively.<BR/><BR/>Desmond, it's true that there were rural employers in nineteenth century Australia agitating for "coolie" labour and that this issue was decisively handled at the time of Federation, with legislation to repatriate the Pacific Islanders.<BR/><BR/>However, most Australians would never have met such immigrants (the cane fields are a long way north), so I doubt that the level of ethnic feeling can be attributed to this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-1147727443527813722006-05-16T07:10:00.000+10:002006-05-16T07:10:00.000+10:00Mark, Is it possible that the 1901 sentiment was a...Mark, Is it possible that the 1901 sentiment was a reaction to immigraton policies in the second half of the 19th century? My knowledge is limited, however, were there not large numbers of Pacific Islanders brought into Queensland as cheap labour to work on sugar plantations.<BR/><BR/>Canadian immigration shifted as well to Asian, cheap labour to build the railroads, and eastern European/Jewish to populate the Prairies. The rise of the Orange lodge (circa 1870)and immigration restriction was a reaction to non-traditional immigration (and higher French birth rates)in the late 19th century. Despite their efforts immigration from the British Isles dropped off drastically after WWI. An Anglo Conformist policy was adopted in 1931, however was not as restrictive as the 1924 US legislation. The point being that the shift, IMO, came in the 19th century and was well established before the inter-war years. <BR/><BR/>Desmond JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-1147555185383469162006-05-14T07:19:00.000+10:002006-05-14T07:19:00.000+10:00Yes, that's him. He became a Catholic anti-communi...Yes, that's him. He became a Catholic anti-communist activist in the 1950s. He was thought of, from this point on, as a leading figure on the right, but I'm not sure how much of an underlying liberalism he jettisoned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com