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Australia, Britain and Migration : A Study of Desperate Hopes, 1915-1940 (Studies in Australian History)
Australia Britain and Migration A Study of Desperate Hopes 19151940 - Studies in Australian History Author:Michael Roe This book is the first systematic study of assisted emigration from Britain to Australia during the inter-war years. It looks at the British and Australian politicians and bureaucrats involved in the program and the half-million migrants who uprooted themselves. Both governments used migration to meet their different needs, with little regard fo... more »r the migrants themselves. Not only is the book an important study of imperial relations in the 1920s and 1930s, it describes an important and overlooked aspect of Australian political and social history.« less