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Immigration
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The Great Depression
After The Great Depression recovery was slow. -
After The Great Depression
It was not until March 4th 1938 that the government of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons resumed the assisted passage scheme for British migrants. -
World War II
In 1939 WWII started. It was the war that German commander Adolf Hitler began. -
Refugee Immigration
In 1939 the Commonwealth Government agreed to admit 15000 Jewish refugees into Australia from prosecution in Germany. -
Loss of Immigration
There was little immigration during World War II and just after Australia experienced a net of migration loss, losing 15148 people.
