1. Historical background
History
As we know, Australia had been invaded by British in 1788.British brought a lot of things into Australia like their culture, laws, which are not belong to this country. They forced to install their European concept in this land. Therefore,Australian became a western country before globalization. Australian government had a strong identity about being a part of western, they want to stick with western society, Although, the distance between Australia and British is much far than Asia.
After British settlement, many ridiculous policies had published which are against non-white people to make Australia become a paradise for white people. But in late 1800s, Japan is the most powerful and advance country in Asia and it also is an ally of Great British. The attitude of the Australian government had been greatly changed on Asia region, they started to mentioned that the“neighbor”are become influential. The government understand that they need to communicate and connect with their …show more content…
Since the lost-on Vietnam war cause the status reduction in the world especially in Asia. It is easy for Australia to isolate itself farther from Asia. The Australian government must drop their old perception. Gough Whitlam acted an important role on changing period of Australia,he insist on communicate and interact to other Asian country, moreover, he opened up diplomatic relations with socialist countries like China, trading and connects the Asian culture. The government do not want to depend on America and United Kingdom. At the same time, Britain moved toward to the EEC (European Economic Community), the Australian government release that the essential of developing the links of Asia, It brings abundant of advantages to Australia. The old Identity of Australia is not existing anymore,It began to have a self-conscious in the country, not an subordinates of any