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australian capital territory
National Film and Sound Archive
Well, there's a National Sound and Film Archive, and National Film Archive and we went to the little one because it was on the way to a lot of other stuff. But it had some great momentos in it. There were letters written to the Prime Minister complaining about the treatment of the Petrovs' dog, conscription for Vietnam, literacy standards in the thirties and suffragettes' voices.
Acceptance of all immgrants was a real emphasis, regardless of what Australia's immigration policies have been in the past.
"Unity of race is an absolute essential to the unity of Australia...After all, when the period of confused local policies and temporary political divisions was swept aside, it was this real unity that made Australia possible." - Alfred Deakin, 1901.
"It is vital that we should learn greater tolerance and learn to lend a helping hand to strangers in our midst, to regard any immigrant as a fellow Australian and a national asset who will raise, not lower, the national income once he is established." Who is going to share Australia? Department of Post-War Reconstruction, 1943.
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An exhibit displaying the nature, truthfully or not, of accepting immgrants into Australia over the past 200 years. |
| "Millions of people are wanted to fill Australia's empty spaces. This plan shows all the countries of Europe, with the exception of Russia, tucked comfortably around Australia's well watered coastal fringe." |
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This car was built in 1937, and was supposed to work on land as well as water, but sunk when proving to the military its flexibility. |
| Obviously insurance companies weren't giving women discounts (because they are better drivers) when this book was written. It tells you if you get a little excited from the rush of driving, that's great because then you don't need to apply rouge to your cheeks. |
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Last updated: 26th November, 2001
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Australian Capital Territory
