...half million people to keep a great continent for themselves, for their own race and color and faith. To the great majority of Australians this new religion...change this religion. It is her very life. On its face-value one might easily suggest that even if this is a political religion, it is distinctly Australia's...

...consequences. An American who visited Australia in 1921 remarked: To the great majority of Australians this new Oriental exclusion at any cost and at any sacrifice is a living breathing thing ... It is Australia. She will fight for it and die for it'.4 Still others saw both of these options...