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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Immigration |
| Date | 1914-1916 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Pamphlet |
| Reference | A2, 1916/3742 |
| Library / Archive | National Archives of Australia |
| Collection Name | Correspondence files, annual single number series |
| Description | The contents relate to a request from John Sanderson & Company to transport 42 Germans and 39 persons of other nationalities to Australia in September 1914 and include copies of official correspondence concerning the matter. In addition, there is information on a scheme thought up by General Booth of the Salvation Army to transfer widows and their families to dominions overseas; a booklet is included. Other telegrams refer to Syrian families and refugees in Cairo seeking to emigrate and gain employment in Australia, with notices of refusal included. |
| Series Description | The series covers a range of subjects dealt with by the Prime Minister’s Department from 1904 to 1920, including amendments to Acts; public utilities such as railways; banking and financial matters. |
| Theme(s) | Displaced Persons and Refugees; Politics, Legislation and Governance; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Country (from) | Great Britain; Egypt |
| Country (to) | Australia; Canada |
| Places | London, England; Melbourne, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Canada; Cairo, Egypt; Java |
| Ports | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | German; European; Australian; Austrian; Syrian; Dutch |
| Ships | Roon |
| People | Sanderson, John; Hughes, William M; Lamb, David C; Booth, William; Rhodes, Cecil; Fisher, Andrew; McBride, Richard; Bruce, Charles; Holmes, Oliver Wendell; Earl Grey (Grey, Charles); Anstey, Frank; Vaughan, Crawford; Earle, J; Peacock, A J; Shepherd, M L; Starling, J H; Hunt, Atlee; Harcourt, L; Heward, George; Manee, Professor Alfred; Scaddan, J; Hoyle, H C; Hunt, Rowland; Cann, J H; Cook, Joseph |
| Keywords | Salvation Army, charity, emigration, transport, shipping, emigrant scheme, women, family, death, statistics, administration, war, push factors, soldier, philanthropy, census, government, finance, family, charity, bounty emigration, citizenship, children, emigration selection, army, orphan, religion, Presbyterianism, Baptist, Church of England, Wesleyan, Catholicism, Methodism, Jewish, legislation, assisted emigration, demographics, telegram, refugee, Barnardos, societies, land grant, immigration agent, passage money, assisted emigration, colony |
| 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 |
