Item HT 54955 Book - 'Immigration Control or Colour Bar?', Immigration Reform Group, Melbourne University Press, 1962

Summary

Book entitled 'Immigration Control or Colour Bar? A proposal for change in Australia's Immigration Policy', published by the Immigration Reform Group, Melbourne University Press, 1962.

This book, a revised edition of an earlier pamphlet, outlines the history of the White Australia policy, analyses migration's key objectives and argues that non-Europeans should be admitted into Australia. While the Immigration Reform Group Group maintained that some form of regulation should remain, they argued that the White Australia policy was inefficient and severely affected Australia's international reputation.

Physical Description

Brown soft cover book with black and white print of cover.

Significance

Statement of Historical Significance:
This book provides a focus for documenting the movement which advocated for the end of the White Australia policy as the seminal work by the Immigration Reform Group which formed at the University of Melbourne during the 1950s.