Overpopulation in Mauritius and request for migration scheme with Australia

Letter regarding overpopulation in Mauritius.

Letter to the Australian Minister for Labour and National Service from the Mauritian Minister for Labour, HE Walter.

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Letter discounting an 'organised emigration scheme for Mauritians'.

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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Letter to the Prime Minister

Possibility of Australian representation in Mauritius – letter from Annabelle Rankin to Prime Minister John Gorton

This is a letter from Annabelle Rankin, Minister for Housing, to Prime Minister John Gorton.

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Types letter annotated with blue ink about Mauritian migration rates.

Mauritian migration rates and processes

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

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Typed letter to Annabelle Rankin from Billy Snedden.

Migration issues in Mauritius – letter to Annabelle Rankin from Billy Snedden

Letter to Annabelle Rankin from Billy Snedden about migration from Mauritius.

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Letter to Prime Minister Gorton.

Visit to Mauritius for independence celebrations – report for Prime Minister John Gorton

This report was enclosed with a letter to Prime Minister Gorton of 8 May 1968.

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