Empire Settlement Act 1922 (1922 - 1922)

From

1922

To

1922

Location

Australia

The Empire Settlement Act 1922 was a landmark in the history of Australian immigration, especially for its encouragement of child and youth migration. During the 1920s, there were new immigration agreements between State and Commonwealth governments within Australia, between the British and Australian governments and between government and non-government organisations. The Commonwealth assumed the selection, medical examination and transport of prospective immigrants; the states requisitioned the numbers and categories they wanted, and arranged settlement and after-care. The Joint Commonwealth and States Scheme of 1921 formalised these arrangements and the Empire Settlement Act was subsequently passed.