Arthur Calwell and the Origin of Post-War Immigration by Jerzy Zubrzycki

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Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Australia's total population now includes 23% who are overseas-born, a proportion unequalled in any country in the world except Israel. This outcome has been achieved through a planned immigration program. Its success is testimony to Arthur Calwell's foresight, who became the first Minister for Immigration in 1945.

This study examines the central role of Arthur Calwell in the origin of Australia's 'bold experiment'.

It has been written by Emeritus Professor Jerzy Zubrzycki, an eminent authority on the history of Australia's immigration.

It is an edited version of the address given to the Migration Division Seminar, Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Canberra, on 6 October 1994.