ATS2380 Australia: Migrant nation

The unit examines migrations of people across the globe as a potent force in the making of the modern world, with a focus on Australia since the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. The movement of people is considered in the context of major transformations in criminal codes, government legislation, labor force requirements, resources booms, and the disruptions of revolution, war and armed conflict. Groups to be studied include convicts, assisted immigrants, indentured labourers, gold-seekers, displaced persons, refugees and asylum seekers. The efforts of governments to shape their populations, through mechanisms such as transportation, the regulation and restriction of migration, deportation, internment and border control will also be studied.