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Title Immigration – Encouragement, Information – Enquiries from Java & Straits Settlements
Date 1921-1923
Document Type Correspondence
Reference A457, C400/8/2
Library / Archive National Archives of Australia
Collection Name Correspondence files, multiple number series, first system
Description An enquiry in 1921 from the Department of Commerce in Batavia, Java, to the Governor-General in regard to the immigration of skilled artisans and factory employees and their rates of pay.
Series Description The series consists of correspondence files covering a wide range of subjects which were submitted to the Prime Minister.
Theme(s) Colonisation Companies and Emigration Societies; Politics, Legislation and Governance
Country (from) Indonesia; Singapore
Country (to) Australia
Places Jakarta, Indonesia; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Straits Settlement; Singapore
Nationality Dutch; Australian; Asian; European
People Carruthers, Sir Joseph; Guillemard, Laurence; Gullett, H S; Odgers, Cliff A P; Hughes, William; Curd, R B; Farrands, H; Gorton, F G
Keywords immigrant, labourer, employment, government, wages, factory, regulations, legislation, Commonwealth Immigration Scheme, health and sickness, medical examination, administration, settlement, immigration, unemployment, push factors, social class, labour, livestock, agriculture, colony conditions, accommodation, family, finance, construction, railway, public services, land, transport, skilled emigration, push factors, manufacturing, commerce, unemployment, newspaper
Additional Information Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the National Archives of Australia catalogue.
Language English
Copyright National Archives of Australia