Good British stock: child and youth migration to Australia

Publication Resource Details

Author
Coldrey, Barry
Publication Date
1999
Publisher
National Archives of Australia
URL
https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/research-guides/good-british-stock-child-and-youth-migration-australia
Description
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.

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