People from Britain and Ireland as well as those from northern Europe are encouraged to migrate during the 1920s.
Controls on entry of some southern and eastern Europeans are introduced. Quota is placed on people from Malta, Greece, Yugoslavia, Poland, Albania, Czechoslovakia and Estonia with Jews added later. Italians cannot be restricted due to treaty between Britain and Italy.Commonwealth Government takes over responsibility from the states for immigrant selection.
Aboriginal population is estimated to be at its lowest at 60,000 – 70,000. The majority of Australians have no contact with Aboriginal people due to segregation and social conventions.
