New Australians were non-British migrants to Australia who arrived in the wave ofimmigration following World War II. The term initially referred to newly arrived immigrants, generally refugees, who were expected to eventually become mainstream Australians. It was coined byArthur Calwell,[1] Australia's first Minister for Immigration, to promote theassimilation of migrants to Australia from continental Europe.[2] Its use was intended to be positive, and to discourage use of pejorative terms such as "reffo" or "Balt" that were then in frequent use.[3] The term has fallen into disuse since the 1970s.
TheDemocratic Labor Party inVictoria, under state leaderJack Little, is credited with being the first Australian political party to promote New Australian candidates in parliamentary elections in the period after the end ofWorld War II.[4] Prominent candidates wereHungarian-Australian Vilmos Kormos for theAustralian Senate in 1958, andItalian-AustralianNino Randazzo for theelectoral district of Fitzroy in theVictorian Legislative Assembly in 1964.
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