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...Australian taxpayer $2,600) has contributed surprisingly little to her economic troubles. True, the majority of immigrants have gone into industry instead of farming; they eat food that was once profitably exported. On the other hand, their needs create work. The country's setbacks hit them first. At Bonegilla, a wartime camp of wooden huts, where immigrants are instructed in the English language and Australian customs, 2,300 Italians threatened to burn down the camp if not given work. Time to Absorb. Reluctantly, Immigration Minister Harold Holt flew off to Europe to ask governments there to cut their immigration...
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