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Dr. MON! STORZChîsholm Institute of TechnologyAnna Ambrcsy's dissertation: "Hungarian Immigrants inVictoria Assimilation in Australia" was submitted towards aBachelor of Arts Degree in the Department of Applied Sociology,Chîsholm Institute of Technology (Victoria) in 1981. As asociology dissertation, the research project was adequatelyconceptualized and was undertaken with careful attention paidto sound social scientific methodology and principles. Thestrength of the dissertation lies in its originality, especially evidentin the interview schedules used for investigating cultural assimil-ation. In this aspect, it makes a significant contribution to thefield of study concerned with immigrants in Australia. Theoverall findings In the study are optimistic in terms of a multi-cultural Australian society and may help to break down some ofthe common misconceptions held regarding the reluctance ofimmigrants and Australians to assist each other in the process ofliving in the same country.Given the above factors, St is important that Anna Ambrosy'sresearch should be made publicly available in the form of apublished book,I recommend its publication without reservation.CHAPTER 1IntroductionAfter World War II the Australian J.B. Chifley LabourGovernment was concerned that Australia was under-populateddue to the rapidly declining birthrate during the Depression of thethirties.The government's solution to this problem seemed to be alarge scale immigration program. This scheme, apart from theusual Anglo-Saxon immigrants, included displaced persons (D.P.'s)from different parts of the world.It was recognised that Australia needed men, especiallyyoung men, who were able to do any type of manual work. Thecountry needed plenty of healthy migrant children, and theirdescendants, to increase Australia's population and contribute tothe future of the host country.The Australian Government's migration scheme includedassisted passage for persons or families, as well as free food andlodging in certain camps in different states of Australia, such asan ex-army camp, until the person or the head of the familycould begin to work, or could find lodgings outside the camp forhimself and his family.To be sure that the immigrant was allocated to the rightplace to work (i.e. according to areas of needs) each immigranthad to sign a two-year contract with the Australian Governmentwhich stipulated that the immigrant must take any type of workanywhere in the host country.Three members of group one, immigrants who arrived inAustralia during 1947 and early 50's, were subjected to thisscheme.