Immigration: Policy and Progress by Hon Arthur A Calwell, Australian Minister for Immigration
Language: English
Published by Minister for Immigration and Information, Melbourne VIC, 1949
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, AustraliaBook Merchant Bookstore
AbeBooks seller since March 14, 2023
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 41.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to right tail corner of some pages. Underlining in pencil. Small tear to spine tail Binding is still in good condition. Rare copy. A comprehensive outline of the Australian Government's postwar immigration policy. It is a historical survey of the Government's approach to immigration as a planned program based on the nation's economic and social absorptive capacity. In 1945, the Government announced a target of 70,000 new citizens a year. In the first year, 32,000 new arrivals occurred. British migrants were in the forefront of plans, but no effort was being spared to find additional ways of bringing our many thousands of people in Europe and the United States who were anxious to make their future home in Australia. Part 1 of the book explains the background to the immigration plans and Arthur Calwell's mission to attract migrants (which included visiting 23 overseas countries in 3 months), while Part 2 provides detailed results of his mission. Also included is a timeline of migration milestones.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Immigration: Policy and Progress by Hon Arthur A Calwell, Australian Minister for Immigration
- Author
- Arthur Calwell
- Publisher
- Minister for Immigration and Information, Melbourne VIC
- Publication year
- 1949
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 0.5 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 21 x 13.5 x 0.5 cm
- Seller catalogs
- Secondhand Books, Subjects - Migration & Ethnicity, Subjects - Politics and Government
Book Merchant Bookstore
Bunbury, WA, Australia
AbeBooks seller since March 14, 2023
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