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- A User Melbourne, Australia
- B Author Canberra, Australia
- B Publisher Canberra, Australia
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Booklet - Australian News & Information Bureau, 'Digest, Report of the Proceedings of the Australian Citizenship Convention', Department of Immigration,1957
Reg. No: HT 1313
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- Summary:
- Booklet 'Digest: Report of the Proceedings of the Australian Citizenship Convention' issued by the Australian News & Information Bureau, published by the Department of Immigration, 1957. This booklet is a report of the proceedings from the 1957 Australian Citizenship Convention, which was held in Canberra. It is part of a collection of migration material collected by Margaret Wood an officer in the Department of Immigration from 1951-1960. She noted that staff were not expected to be up on every policy development but that the information was made available for those who were interested.
Margaret first worked in the Department of Alien Assimilation which focused on migrants post arrival, before moving to the Assisted Division which handled the reception of assisted European migrants arriving in Melbourne. Her final position was working for the General Assisted Passage Scheme, assisting migrants from the US, Scandinavia and Switzerland who came individually on general ships as opposed to migrant ships. She recalls her time with the Department with great pleasure. She was a young single woman and had just finished an Arts degree at Melbourne University. When she applied to the Public Service, she was placed with the Department of Immigration, as she spoke German. She left when she married in 1961 as per the policy at that time. - Description:
- Large white booklet with brown strip down left hand side of cover and grey world globe logo. There are 40 printed pages in the booklet.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mrs Margaret Wood, 2003
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 21.10 cm (Width), 27.40 cm (Length) |
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| Tagged with: | immigration, shipping, station pier, women s work, immigration policies, immigration debates, government departments, publications |
| Themes this item is part of: | Margaret Wood, Department of Immigration Officer (1951-1961), Cultural Diversity Collection, Migration Collection, Transport Collection, Margaret Wood Immigration & Shipping Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MIGRATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Naturalisation & Citizenship |
| Tertiary Classification: | summits & conventions |
| Inscriptions: | Text: Digest/REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE/AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP CONVENTION/1957. |
| Author: | Australian News & Information Bureau, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 1957 |
| Publisher: | Commonwealth Department of Immigration, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 1957 |
| User: | Mrs Margaret Wood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1957-1961 |
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