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Victoria - Archival Series

Correspondence files, multiple number series (policy matters) (1922 - 1968)

From
1922
To
1968
Alternative Names
  • Correspondence Files, Multiple Number Series, 1951-55 (Also known as)
Website
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=A445
Reference No
A445
Legal Status
National Archives of Australia Series Number

This series consists of immigration policy files relating to the assimilation, welfare and education of migrants. File subjects include, for example, Acts relating to immigration, migrant organisations, transport, sponsorship schemes, housing and accommodation, conferences, child-youth migration, refugees and restricted immigration policy.

Details

Access Conditions

Open

Records

Please note that this series is also known as Correspondence Files, Multiple Number Series, 1951-55. According to RecordSearch and the Research Guide "Good British Stock", the dates 1951-1955 refer to the time the files were "accumulated" by the Department of Immigration.

Paper files, 29 linear metres.

Publications

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: Coldrey, Barry, Good British stock: child and youth migration to Australia, National Archives of Australia, 1999, https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/research-guides/good-british-stock-child-and-youth-migration-australia; National Archives of Australia RecordSearch, Series Notes for Series A445, (accessed June 2010).

Prepared by: Rosemary Francis