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Title Immigration – Encouragement. Western Australian Pastoral Development Scheme
Date 1921-1922
Document Type Correspondence; Newspaper; Report
Reference A457, H400/8/27
Library / Archive National Archives of Australia
Collection Name Correspondence files, multiple number series, first system
Description A North Australian Railway and Development League proposal to form a company to develop the northern pastoral areas of Western Australia.
Series Description The series consists of correspondence files covering a wide range of subjects which were submitted to the Prime Minister.
Theme(s) Politics, Legislation and Governance; Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations
Country (from) Great Britain
Country (to) Australia
Places Zimbabwe; Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Ports Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian; European; English
People Rhodes, Cecil John; Colebatch, H P; Shallcross, V F; Holmes, J J; Carruthers, J; Gregory, H
Keywords agriculture, railway, immigration, infrastructure, climate, settlement, colony conditions, newspaper, propaganda, water, resources, farming, government, land grant, land, livestock, finance, emigration scheme, construction, transport, economics, commerce, tax, rent, North Australian Railway, agent, Canadian Pacific Railway, land price, land sale, geology, national identity, nationalism, politics, colony, expenses, freight, travel, administration
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