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Diverse sources of population in settled Australia
Walter Lippmann.
Walter Lippmann speaks on the diverse sources of population in settled Australia to the Jewish community.
Created:
1974
Date Added:
21 June 2002
Source:
Jewish community talk, 1974, Private collection
Format:
mov (Quicktime);
File size:
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Length:
26 secs
Transcript
WALTER LIPPMANN
Former Chair, Joint Committee on Migrant Welfare and former Director, Victorian Council of Social Service
It is known that there were Negroes and Jews in the First Fleet, that the second language of the early gold fields was Chinese, that among the freedom fighters of Eureka were some from Italy, Britain, Germany, Ireland and Canada... that the highest peak in Australia, Mount Kosciuszko, is named after a Pole, after their national hero, that Leichhardt was one of many German pioneers who challenged an alien environment in Australia.
From a talk to the Jewish community, 1974, Private Collection.
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