Summary

One of two booklets from the 'I Can Read English' series, this booklet, 'Book One, For Beginners'. The other in the collection is HT 57744 'Book Two For Intermediate Students'. The books are published by the Migrant Education Section of the Commonwealth Office of Education for the Department of Immigration, 1954.

These books represent the ways in which Australia provided English language education to recently arrived migrants as well as a particularly national identity which was still strongly attached to its British colonial roots.

Physical Description

Booklet with cream cover, 48 pages with black and white illustrations throughout. Cover has illustration of man sitting in lounge chair reading the booklet.

Significance

The Migration collection holds a large collection of material representing how Australia was presented and promoted to potential migrants from the mid 19th through to the early 21st centuries - it is particularly strong in mid-19th and mid 20th century British-targeted publications. These items add to the English language educational materials already in the collection as well as portraying a particularly British-loyal nation to new citizens.

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