Social Legislation

4. The racial and cultural identity that many white Australians believed should dominate the new nation.
7. The dictation test can be described as being...
8. The Conciliation and Arbitration ______ was established in 1901.
10. The economic system that progressive politicians wanted to 'civilise'.
12. The Immigration ______ Act was passed in 1901.
13. The basic wage was intended to support an unskilled worker, his wife and .... children
14. Most legislation passed between 1901-1914 in Australia only benefitted these kind of people.
15. Describing a society supposedly based on equality and equal opportunity.
17. Amount of shillings paid to white peoples under the Old Age pension
18. The creation of the Australian Commonwealth in 1901.
20. Amount of people who passed the dictation test between 1908-1958
21. The racial policy that early Commonwealth legislation sought to promote and protect.
23. What type of allowance was introduced in 1912?

1. What word was used to describe Australia as a place where workers could supposedly prosper?
2. Amount of money all workers are entitled to in all industries.
3. Required applicants to write passage in a language chosen by the immigration officer.
5. A person whose rights and conditions were increasingly protected by Australian legislation.
6. A regular payment provided to support people in old age or with an invalidity.
9. Amount of pounds given to white women if they had a baby.
11. What was the name of the 1907 judgement that established the basic wage?
16. The type of male worker whose wages were central to the Harvester Judgement.
19. The company whose workers' wages led to the famous 1907 judgement.
22. The process of settling a dispute through an independent authority rather than violence.