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Title Immigration Encouragement. The Imperial Merchant Service Guild
Date 1922
Document Type Correspondence
Reference A457, Y400/5
Library / Archive National Archives of Australia
Collection Name Correspondence files, multiple number series, first system
Description Correspondence relating to an announcement by the Prime Minister in 1922 that the Commonwealth would welcome 2,000 retired army officers from India, and his request for full particulars of available land.
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
Country (from) India
Country (to) Australia
Places Melbourne, Victoria, Perth, Western Australia, Tasmania, Australia
Ports Liverpool, England; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality English; European; Australian
People Lay, G B; Moore, T W; Fuller, George G
Keywords commonwealth, trade, immigration, army, emigrant selection, emigration scheme, Commonwealth Immigration Scheme, merchant, government, land, social class, unemployment, pension, commonwealth, labour, agriculture, farming, employment, land grant, application, telegram, newspaper, push factors, 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