Calwell's beautiful Balts
Subtitle: displaced persons at Bonegilla
By: Bruce Pennay
Series: At Bonegilla; 1 -- At Bonegilla -- 2,
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wodonga, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Balts (Indo-European people) - Australia - History - 20th century; Political refugees - Australia - History - 20th century; Immigrants - Australia - History - 20th century; Baltic Sea Region - Emigration and immigration - History - 20th century; Australia - Ethnic relations - History - 20th century
Description: In this book the author discusses the effects of one-time Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell's approach to chose fair-haired people from the Baltic countries to persuade Australians to accept non-British migrants who were housed at Bonegilla.