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Populate or Perish: 81 years since Australia's postwar immigration drive
On August 2 1945, Australia’s first Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell gave a speech in parliament that The Museum of Australian Democracy described in an article titled “Arthur Calwell and the gift of immigration”. Arthur Calwell's legacy is a complicated one though, because that gift of immigration was very much wrapped up with his staunch and lifelong support for the White Australia policy. Guest: James Franklin, Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales School of Mathematics and Statistics, and author of Arthur Calwell (Australian Biographical Monographs 20)
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