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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Immigration Encouragement – Visual Standard |
| Date | 1922-1929 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | A461, C349/1/10 |
| Library / Archive | National Archives of Australia |
| Collection Name | Correspondence files, multiple number series (third system) |
| Description | This file concerns restrictions on the visually impaired. It contains a cable from Percy Hunter, Director of the Migration and Settlement Office in London, to the Prime Minister's Department in 1922, regarding the frequency of people with one-eye being nominated as immigrants and asking whether he was on safe ground in accepting them. Includes official correspondence concerning migrants with visual problems. |
| Series Description | The series consists of general correspondence files which cover the wide range of subjects that came to the Prime Minister's attention. Many earlier papers from the previous general correspondence of the Department have been top-numbered into this series. The series also contains constitutional material dating back to 1901. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance; Responses to Immigration |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | Australia |
| Places | Canberra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; London, England |
| Ports | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian; English; European |
| People | Quinlan, F J; Pearce, Sir G F; Bruce, S M; Barrett, Sir James; Hurley, L; Howse, Sire Neville; Bice, John G |
| Keywords | injury, war, emigrant selection, emigrant, health and sickness, government, regulations, employment, application, regulations, unemployment, poverty, return passage, relief, charity, immigration, immigrant, assisted emigration, commonwealth, military, soldier, medical examination, disease, settlement |
| 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 |
