On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:25:15 -0700, graham > wrote:

>On 18/02/2016 4:02 PM, Je?us wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:49:58 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:02:04 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:35:00 -0400, wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 07:37:10 +1100, Jeßus >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seems to me that until quite recently Australia had an 'all white'
>>>>>>> policy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, I'm *so* upset by your ridiculous comment I haven't been
>>>>>> keeping track of this discussion, but apparently you have a stick up
>>>>>> your arse about... well, who knows what. Have it your way then.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whatever - but you didn't answer the question.
>>>>
>>>> What question?
>>>
>>> Didn't Australia have an 'all white' policy until fairly recently.
>>
>> No. The 'white Australia policy' you're referring to was gradually
>> dismantled, beginning in the late 1940's and was totally gone by 1973,
>> '74 or '75 (I forget which year). So not anything like 'fairly
>> recently'.
>>
>I remember at about that time, someone in one of the eastern states
>changed his name to something like "John Keep Australia White Party Smith"
>to run in an election and wasn't allowed to put that on the voting slip.

Quite possibly, I was only 10 y/o at that time and don't recall it,
but then it was only a minor event because I've never heard of him.