Anti-Australian sentiment

Dislike of Australia, its people or its policies

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* Institutional
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* Taste-based

Attributes

* Age
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Social

* Arophobia
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* Anti-albinism
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* Anti-drug addicts
* Anti-intellectualism
* Anti-intersex
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* Health
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* Discrimination against men
* Misandry
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* Pregnancy
* Sectarianism
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* Aryanism
* Autistic
* Black
* Chauvinism
* Female
* Illusory
* Jewish
* Male
* Nordicism
* Tigraynization
* Ultranationalism
* White
* Transphobia
* 21st-century anti-trans movement in the United Kingdom
* Non-binary
* Transmisogyny
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* Vegaphobia
* Xenophobia

Religious

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Ethnic/national

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Manifestations

* Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric
* SPLC-designated list of anti-LGBTQ hate groups
* Anti-LGBTQ movement in the US
* Anti-trans movement in the UK
* Blood libel
* Bullying
* Cancel culture
* Capital punishment for homosexuality
* Compulsory sterilization
* Corrective rape
* Counter-jihad
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* Democide
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* Employment
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* Ethnic joke
* Ethnocide
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* High heel policy
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Policies

* Age of candidacy
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* Segregation
* age
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* Sodomy law
* State atheism
* State religion
* Ugly law
* Voter suppression

Countermeasures

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* Human rights
* Intersex human rights
* LGBT rights
* Nonviolence
* Racial integration
* Reappropriation
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* Social integration
* Toleration

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* Dehumanization
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* Internalized oppression
* Intersectionality
* Masculism
* Medical model of disability
* autism
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* Oppression
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* Racism by country
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Protesters in Brisbane protesting Australia's claim on East Timorese oil, May 2017

Anti-Australian sentiment (also known as Australophobia or Anti-Australianism) refers to animosity, criticism, or prejudice towards Australia, its culture, or Australians in general. Anti-Australian sentiment can arise from various factors including differences in religion, events outlined in the History of Australia, its domestic or foreign policies or it's involvement in various conflicts such as World War 1 or World War 2.

## History

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One of the earliest references to the specific phrase "Anti-Australian sentiment" occurred in 1983 in relation to anti-independence groups in New Caledonia.[1]

The term "anti-Australian" also predates it by decades in that by 1949, people in parts of Africa and Asia were said to have "anti-Australian feeling" over how Australia applied its White Australia policy.[2]

### East Timor

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Anti-Australian sentiment grew within East Timor, during the period of the  Timor Gap Treaty which was signed during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. the sentiment was further intensified by the political and economic issues between East Timor and Australia, particularly over oil and gas resources within the Timor Sea, which sparked major protests.[3]

### Singapore

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In 1948, there were anti-Australian sentiments in then-colonial Singapore by their citizens due to the treatment of one of their countrywomen.[4]

### Indonesia

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Indonesia has been alleged to have a rise in "anti-Australian sentiment" because of suggestions of Australia interfering in its internal affairs.[5] A 2003 study on Indonesian aspirants for a diplomatic position reported that 95% of them had anti-Australian sentiment.[6] The post-Suharto era period also saw anti-Australian sentiment in Indonesia over East Timor.[7] In Indonesia, it is related to a generalised anti-Western sentiment.

The Australian intervention in East Timor still made the Indonesian government upset and led to it taking revenge on Australia by undermining the Australian interest in the country.[8]

### Turkey

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After the Christchurch mosque shootings in 2019 (which were carried out by an Australian), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned that if Australians and New Zealanders with anti-Muslim and anti-Turkish views try to enter Turkey, they will be "sent back home in coffins like their grandfathers", referring to the  Australian Landings on Gallipoli against Turkish Forces in World War I. Many Australians and New Zealanders were highly offended by these comments and accused Erdoğan of anti-Australianism. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described these comments as "appalling" and "highly insensitive".[9][10]

## See also

[edit]

* Australia portal

* Australophile
* Foreign relations of Australia

## References

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1. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 29 April 2016.
2. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 29 April 2016.
3. ^ "AM - Anti-Australian sentiment felt in Dili". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
4. ^ Massey (10 April 1948). "Anti-Australian feeling amongst Chinese in Singapore over White Australia policy". naa.gov.au. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
5. ^ "Outrage rises on Corby decision". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
6. ^ Monfries, John (2006). Different Societies, Shared Futures. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789812303875. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
7. ^ Reuter, Thomas (18 June 2004). Inequality, Crisis and Social Change in Indonesia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203401910. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
8. ^ "Caught in a pincer".
9. ^ "Row deepens over Turkey's 'deeply offensive' comments". 20 March 2019.
10. ^ "Turkey's Erdogan sparks spat with Australia, New Zealand". Associated Press. 20 April 2021.

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