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Archival Item Premier of Tasmania - Proposals Child Migration [6 folios], file number 1945/5/37 (1944 - )

A436 Correspondence files, Class 5 (British Migrants)

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1944
Alternative Names
  • A436 1945/5/37 (National Archives of Australia Item Number)

Summary

The Premier of Tasmania - Proposals Child Migration, a file held by the National Archives of Australia, contains a plan for child migration to Tasmania put forward by the Premier, Robert Cosgrove. He was influenced by public discussion of immigration following World War 2. Cosgrove suggested setting-up a Department of Child Migration. He envisaged cottage homes, similar to those of the Fairbridge scheme, being attached to Tasmanian Area Schools to house the children. The plan reflects the romanticism surrounding child migration at the time.

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National Archives of Australia
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Parkes, ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6212 3600
Email: archives@naa.gov.au
Website: http://naa.gov.au

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The archival item also contains a letter from JS Collings, the Minister for the Interior, to inform Cosgrove that his plan would be forwarded to the Inter-Departmental Committee on Migration Policy for assessment.

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  • Coldrey, Barry, Good British stock: child and youth migration to Australia, This is a research guide published by the National Archives of Australia. It contains detailed historical information about Australia's immigration policy and child and youth migration to Australia. It also has information about relevant archival records in Australia and overseas relating to child and youth migration. Specifically, the Guide provides details of the relevant records regarding British and Maltese children, and children migrated through the Polish Jewish Relief Fund. See Chapter 3 for the records held by National Archives of Australia. See Appendix 4 for records held elsewhere., National Archives of Australia, 1999, http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/Publications/research_guides/guides/childmig/introduction.htm. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Coldrey, Barry, Good British stock: child and youth migration to Australia, This is a research guide published by the National Archives of Australia. It contains detailed historical information about Australia's immigration policy and child and youth migration to Australia. It also has information about relevant archival records in Australia and overseas relating to child and youth migration. Specifically, the Guide provides details of the relevant records regarding British and Maltese children, and children migrated through the Polish Jewish Relief Fund. See Chapter 3 for the records held by National Archives of Australia. See Appendix 4 for records held elsewhere., National Archives of Australia, 1999, http://www.naa.gov.au/naaresources/Publications/research_guides/guides/childmig/introduction.htm.

Prepared by: Caroline Evans

Created: 31 August 2011, Last modified: 1 August 2012