'Chifley liked them Blond': DP immigrants for Australia
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Article Title | 'Chifley liked them Blond': DP immigrants for Australia |
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ERA Journal ID | 7212 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Persian, Jayne |
Journal Title | History Australia |
Journal Citation | 12 (2), pp. 80-101 |
Number of Pages | 21 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1449-0854 |
1833-4881 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2015.11668571 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14490854.2015.11668571 |
Abstract | 170,000 ‘displaced persons’ (DPs) – predominantly Central and Eastern Europeans – arrived in Australia between 1947 and 1952 as refugees sponsored by the International Refugee Organization (IRO). This article traces the political evolution of the decision by Arthur Calwell’s new Department of Immigration not only to accept, but to actively recruit, displaced persons, as well as examining the Department’s racial and political standards of acceptability in relation to this first mass non- British migration program to Australia. It argues that whiteness, potential as workers and, to a lesser extent, anti-communism were the main criteria applied in judging the suitability of DPs for settlement in Australia. |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430302. Australian history |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Sydney |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Funding source | Australian Research Council (ARC) Grant ID DP130101215 |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q38q2/-chifley-liked-them-blond-dp-immigrants-for-australia
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