Returned Services League sponsored migrants arrive in Sydney, 1947
Between 1945 and 1965, two million immigrants arrived in Australia. The decision by the Australian Government to open up the nation in this way was based on the notion of ‘populate or perish’ that emerged in the wake of the Second World War. Among the new immigrants were the first government-sanctioned non-British migrants.
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National Archives of Australia, A12111, 1/1947/4/2A
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