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Changes in policies and attitudes in Australia since 1941
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1941 was a very significant year in the AAP (Australia, Asia and the Pacific) region. ... From this point onwards, things such as the war, foreign affairs (such as the period of communism), immigration and trade have changed the policies and attitudes of the Australian people, which were in place from federation (1901) to the beginning of the war.
World War 2 did not change Australian attitudes so much as it reinforced them. For a long time there was a fear among the Australian people of Asian invasion, firstly from the Chinese when they flocked to Australia during the gold rush, and then from the Japanese after World War 1, nicknamed the “Yellow Peril”. ... The reason this attitude was enforced during World War 2 was because the Japanese one by one took over a huge number of countries in the region, right up to Australia’s doorstep, and even ended up bombing a lot of towns and cities in northern Australia such as Darwin. Although Japan was very strong during the war (this was shown when they attacked Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, in 1941, and severely depleted the American forces there) the tide turned in 1942 at the Battle of the Coral Sea, which was the Allied forces’ first naval win in the region. Another extremely significant victory for Australia came in the Battle for the Kokoda trail, in which a seriously outnumbered Australian force took on the advancing Japanese forces from the north coast on their quest for taking over Port Moresby. ... However, there were changes in policies. The most important one was in 1941 when John Curtin, the Prime Minister, declared that Britain could no longer be Australia’s number one ally. ...
After World War 2 there were also changes in policies and attitudes concerning foreign affairs. ... Australia at first supported this, like when they helped Indonesia become independent from the Dutch colonial forces, which was a change in policy from before the war when they would have supported their traditional ally, Britain, which had colonies in the region. Although Australia supported de-colonization, when the problem arose it was strongly against communism, in support for their new ally, USA. ... To combat the threat of communism, Australia joined two anti-communist alliances. The first was ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, United States) which was formed in 1951 and the second was SEATO (South-East Asia Treaty Organization) which was formed in 1954.
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Title: Changes in policies and attitudes in Australia since 1941
Words: 1953
Rating: None
Pages: 7.8
submitted by: simmo16
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