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English: Australia's Minister for Immigration, Mr Alexander Downer, greeted "250,000th (Latvian) refugee", Otto Kampe, and presented a koala bear to Karlies Kampe, son of Otto Kampe. 1960 (National Archives of Australia - NAA: A12111, 1/1960/5/2 - item barcode : 7501769)

official description : "Immigration - Refugee arrivals in Australia - 250,000th (Latvian) refugee greeted by Minister Minister for Immigration, Mr Alexander Downer. Mr Downer presents a koala bear to Karlies. 1960. "

About Otto Kampe (father of the young Karlies Kampe depicted here), the 250,000th (Latvian) refugee to arrive in Australia post-World War II and the context, see :

  • Otto Kampe - 250,000th refugee, on Destination : Australia, National Archives of Australia
  • GATRELL, Peter. Free World?: The Campaign to Save the World's Refugees, 1956-1963. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  • PENNAY, Bruce. "Picturing Assimilation in Post-war Australia: ‘Destination: Australia. Sharing Our Post-war Migrant Stories’, www.destinationaustralia.gov.au, a National Archives of Australia website and exhibition based on its Immigration Photographic Archive". Australian Historical Studies, 2013, vol. 44, no 1, p. 134-141.
  • Klaus Neumann, Across the Seas: Australia's Response to Refugees: A History, 2015
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This image is protected by Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1974 and the copyright has therefore expired. The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed by correspondence received by the Volunteer Response Team (Ticket:2017062010010417).

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