The Federation of Australia positively impacted immigration laws and restrictions. Before 1901, each colony had different restrictions regarding immigrants, although there wasn’t any action taken to prevent the large numbers. The colony in Queensland had seen the arrival of 60,000 Pacific Island people which hugely affected the Australian’s living there. The number of immigrants entering Australia were spiralling out of control and it became hard for each of the separate colonies to document. In March 1898, Alfred Deakin said that he wanted to speak “to Australians simply as an Australian” which showed Victoria’s support of the idea of restricting the immigration laws. By introducing the Federation, all colonies tightened their immigration
