Arthur Calwell (5 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 29pp. Light bump/crease top rear otherwise excellent. Or stapled wraps. Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Signed by previous owner. Underlining in pencil.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to right tail corner of some pages. Underlining in pencil. Small tear to spine tail Binding is still in good condition. Rare copy. A comprehensive outline of the Australian Government's postwar immigration policy. It is a historical survey of the Government's approach to immigration as a planned program based on the nation's economic and social absorptive capacity. In 1945, the Government announced a target of 70,000 new citizens a year. In the first year, 32,000 new arrivals occurred. British migrants were in the forefront of plans, but no effort was being spared to find additional ways of bringing our many thousands of people in Europe and the United States who were anxious to make their future home in Australia. Part 1 of the book explains the background to the immigration plans and Arthur Calwell's mission to attract migrants (which included visiting 23 overseas countries in 3 months), while Part 2 provides detailed results of his mission. Also included is a timeline of migration milestones.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Octavo. 188. Original paper covers slightly worn and creased with label remains to front, frontis map with tearing along fold otherwise very good. No date, c.1946.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1900 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 24 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…