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Booklet - 'Australia, Official Handbook', Australian National Publicity Association, 1943
Reg. No: HT 550
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- Summary:
- Booklet titled 'Australia, Official Handbook', published by the, Australian National Publicity Association in 1943. The Australian National Publicity Association was a government organisation formed for the purpose of publicising Australia overseas. That this handbook was published during WWII demonstrates the interest in building Australia as an immigrant destination even before the war had ended and prior to the immigration boom years of the 1950s.
- Description:
- Dark blue coloured handbook published in October 1943. Cover depicts logo of Australia. Contents feature articles, black-and-white photographs and coloured maps of Australia.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Lyn Mather, 2001
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 24.00 cm (Height), 17.90 cm (Length) |
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| Tagged with: | wars conflicts, world war ii 1939-1945, immigration, advertising, tourism, immigration policies, promotions, immigration selection |
| Themes this item is part of: | Migration Collection, Getting In, Immigration Museum Exhibition, 2003-2015 |
| Primary Classification: | MIGRATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Orientation |
| Tertiary Classification: | publications |
| Inscriptions: | Text: AUSTRALIA/AUSTRALIA/OFFICIAL HANDBOOK/AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY ASSOCIATION. |
| Publisher: | Australian National Publicity Association, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1943 |
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