Migration in the 1920s

Read the Case Study on pages 62-63 in A History of Australia since 1901 and answer the following questions:

1. What slogan summed up the Australian governments policy plans for Australias growth and prosperity in the 1920s?

2. In 1925, who did Australia make an agreement with and what did this agreement promise?

3. Based on pages 62-63 and Sources A & B, what kind of people were encouraged to migrate to Australia in the 1920s?

4. During the 1920s what attitude did the Australian Government take towards: a. British migrants?

b. White non-British migrants?

c. Non-white migrants?

5. Why were British immigrants so encouraged to migrate to Australia in the 1920s?

6. Based on pages 62-63 and Source A (below), what were migrants promised if they relocated to Australia?

Source A- A 1928 poster encouraging British people to migrate to Australia Retrieved from http://www.myplace.edu.au/decades_timeli ne/1920/decade_landing_8.html?tabRank=2

Source B - Cover of The New Australian, the magazine of The Big Brother Movement. Retrieved from http://guides.naa.gov.au/more-peopleimperative/gallery/image025.aspx