Confronted by an influx of Chinese immigrants seeking their fortunes, "we had this fear the Asians, millions of them, would come down and take all our land," says Waters. From this historical background the White Australia policy was born, which would later result in a restrictive immigration policy which also limited immigration by Pacific Islanders and other non-Europeans.
面對大量湧入淘金的華人，「有人恐慌了，認為這麼多亞裔勞工會把我們淹沒，」華適文說，這就是白澳政策的歷史背景。後來這個限制移民政策又擴大到包括太平洋島嶼的其他有色人種。