Poster, The Flow of Population, c1920

Historical information

This posters advertises reasons for the migration of European (or white) people to Australia.

Physical description

Coloured poster on canvas showing the flow of World population around 1920 from Europe to Australia, Canada, the United States of America and South America. The poster appears to be pro the White Australia Policy with statements such as 'Will we draw from the stream of white migration from Britain, Ireland and Europe, or will we wait til the dams holding back the flood tides of the yellow, brown and black races burst, and we are overwhelmed?'

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