Records

Each record focuses on a single item from the National Archives' collection. Some records contain extra information to help you interpret them.

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  File note recommending new interview for migration applicant

  File note recommending a new interview for a migration applicant.

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  Good character of migration applicant from Mauritius – letter of support

  This is a letter to the Secretary, Department of Immigration, regarding a request for migration to Australia.

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  Immigration Officer's comments on skin colour of Mauritian migrant family

  This is a report written in 1967, regarding a Mauritian mother and her children arriving in Perth.

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  Ineligible non-European migrant applications – Australian Embassy in Paris

  Department of External Affairs inward cablegram reply to a query about ineligible non-Europeans.

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  Letter discounting an 'organised emigration scheme for Mauritians'

  A letter sent on 5 March 1968 by Billy Snedden, Minister for Immigration, responding to a request for an emigration scheme for Mauritians to Australia.

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  Mauritian educator learning about the Australian Broadcasting Commission

  A black-and-white photograph of a Mauritian educator studying Australian educational broadcasting.

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  Mauritian migration rates and processes

  A Department of Immigration file note about the proportions of different cultures from Mauritius.

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  Mauritian's reply to rejection of his migration application

  This is a letter to the Department of Immigration from Mauritian Eddy W, regarding his migration application.

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  Migrant family meets standards of entry – report of interview with applicant

  This is page 2 of a report from an interview with a migrant family and the Department of Immigration from 2 October 1968. This page includes the interviewing officer's recommendation.