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The Migrant Experience, episode 4 "Working"
Film Australia.
Working conditions for immigrants during the post war years were not always as rosy as government films portrayed them.
Created:
1984
Date Added:
12 July 2002
Source:
Film Australia and the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs, 1984
Format:
mov (Quicktime);
File size:
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Length:
38 secs
Transcript
No transcript for this Video.
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