Australia in the 1950s and aboriginal life.

AUSTRALIA IN THE 1940s AND 1950s Reflections Australia was a very different country from what it is today. The population was much smaller and people were still recovering from the Second World War. Australia's population was only about 7 500 000, less then half of what it is today. 90% of the Australian population had been born here and most were descended from the English, Irish or had a Scottish background. The immigration scheme which began after the Second …

…of exemption, without them they were denied that are regarded as basic human rights. They were denied the right to: *To vote *Refused social welfare *Forbidden to drink alcohol or enter a hotel *Deprived of amenities *Denied the right to live in a certain place or the freedom to move around from place to place *Weren't allowed to enrol there children in school. These are just some examples of the rights aboriginal people were denied.