Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us (2010)
When the Commonwealth of Australia was founded in 1901, the very last thing the nation wanted to be was multicultural. The measures taken to ensure this would be the case not only caused great human suffering, but in a supreme historical irony, actually helped create the very threat Australia feared the most – invasion from the Asian north. Part 1 of 3.
Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us, explores Australia's untold immigration story; the century long struggle to build a multicultural society against the odds.
Primary Title
- Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 7 February 2012
Release Year
- 2010
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Episode
- 1
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us, explores Australia's untold immigration story; the century long struggle to build a multicultural society against the odds.
Episode Description
- When the Commonwealth of Australia was founded in 1901, the very last thing the nation wanted to be was multicultural. The measures taken to ensure this would be the case not only caused great human suffering, but in a supreme historical irony, actually helped create the very threat Australia feared the most – invasion from the Asian north. Part 1 of 3.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Multiculturalism--Australia
- Cultural pluralism--Australia
- Immigrants--Australia
- Australia--Population policy
- Australia--Emigration and immigration--History
- Documentary films--Australia
Genres
- Documentary
- History
Contributors
- Renegade Films (Production Unit)
- Alex West (Producer)
- Alex West (Writer)
- Lucy Maclaren (Producer)
- Sara Tiefenbrun (Writer)
- Jacob Hickey (Director)
- Ben Shackleford (Director)
- Deborah Kennedy (Narrator)
- 99226731914002091 (MMSID)
Subjects
- Multiculturalism--Australia
- Cultural pluralism--Australia
- Immigrants--Australia
- Australia--Population policy
- Australia--Emigration and immigration--History
- Documentary films--Australia