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Booklet - Sir Raphael Cilento, 'Australia's Racial Heritage', Australian League of Rights, 1971
Reg. No: HT 5384
- Summary:
- Booklet titled 'Australia's Racial Heritage' it contains an address given by Sir Raphael Cilento at the Australian League of Rights Seminar held in Melbourne in September, 1971. Sir Raphael Cilento was an Australian medical practitioner and public servant, he helped shape policy and practice in the development of quarantine and tropical disease management, served as the first State director-general of health and medical services in Queensland, was actively involved with the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration during WWII, was an early advocate of the importance of Australia's Asia-Pacific context, and was President of both the Historical Society of Queensland and of the National Trust of Queensland.
Despite these achievements following his resignation from the UN in 1950, he found it difficult to find suitable government or academic appointments on his return to Australia. It has been suggested this was a result of his failure to develop beyond his earliest ideas, his increasing conservatism on many issues and frequent alignment with the extreme right of Australian politics. A man of his time he was fascinated with the interaction of population and resources, a defender the White Australia policy, and although he was critical of Government health policy for Indigenous Australians his later work included offensive commentary on Aboriginal societies. - Description:
- 11 page booklet printed in black ink on white paper. The front cover had a glossy black background and white print. The content of the book discusses the immigration policies in Australian in the 1960's- 70's.
- Acquisition Information:
- Collected from Dr Moya McFadzean - Museum Victoria Collections, Research & Exhibitions, 2002
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 12.2 cm (Width), 18.4 cm (Length) |
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| Tagged with: | promotional materials, immigration debates, immigration policies, multiculturalism, political ideologies |
| Themes this item is part of: | Cultural Diversity Collection, Migration Collection, Getting In, Immigration Museum Exhibition, 2003-2015 |
| Primary Classification: | MIGRATION |
| Secondary Classification: | Community Activity |
| Tertiary Classification: | publications |
| Inscriptions: | 'Australia's Racial Heritage A Brief Insight/ by Sir Raphael Cilento/ AUSTRALIA' S RACIAL HERITAGE/ An address by SIR RAPHAEL CILENTO at the AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE OF RIGHTS SEMINAR, Melbourne , September 1971...' |
| Author: | Sir Raphael Cilento, Australia, 1971 |
| Publisher: | Australian League of Rights, Australia, 1971 |
| Other Association (See Comments): | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Sep 1971 The text of this booklet was first given as an address by Sir Raphael Cilento at an Australian League of Rights Seminar |
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