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A Short Biography of Arthur Augustus Calwell

Author Name:

Arthur Augustus Calwell

Born As:

Arthur Augustus Calwell

Other Names:

Arthur Augustus Calwell

Born:

28 Aug 1896

Died:

8 Jul 1973




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Politician                          
Selected Works:

Labor's Role In Modern Society - 1963
Arthur Calwell, Be Just And Fear Not - 1972
Colm Kiernan, Calwell - 1978
Arthur Calwell, I Stand by a White Australia - 1949                          
                          
Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1960 to 1967.
In 1945, Calwell became Minister for Immigration in Ben Chifley's government. The chief architect of Australia's post-war immigration scheme, at a time when Europe was teeming with refugees who desired a better life far from their war-torn homelands. He popularised the slogan "populate or perish." The immigration program coincided with a period when Australian industry was growing rapidly and suffering from shortages of skilled and semi-skilled labour. In July 1947 he signed an agreement with the United Nations Refugee Organisation to accept displaced persons from European countries ravaged by war.                          
He liked the Chinese people so much that he learnt Mandarin in which language he could converse in both a professional and friendly manner.