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Keep Australia White brochure
A brochure detailing population statistics related to Australia.
[A line drawing of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, with other landmasses depicted but no countries marked. Caricatures of various non-white people are drawn in Africa, the Arabian peninsula, South Asia, China, Japan, Mexico, and South America. All are looking at Australia, which is labelled 'The Land of Temptation'. An underlined heading at the bottom of the image reads 'ALL EYES ON AUSTRALIA'. Below the image is the caption '5,800,000 WHITE AUSTRALIANS ENCIRCLED BY 1,100,000,000 COLORED PEOPLE.']
[Subheading:] NEW POPULATION, JULY 1923, TO JUNE, 1924.
[Text arranged in a table with three rows labelled 'Excess of Births over Deaths', 'Excess of Immigration over Emigration', and 'Total Increased Population'. The columns are labelled 'Victoria', and 'Australia'.]
Victoria
[Excess of Births over Deaths:] 18,811
[Excess of Immigration over Emigration:] 13,507
[Total Increased Population:] 32,318
Australia
[Excess of Births over Deaths:] 76,814
[Excess of Immigration over Emigration:] 38,684
[Total Increased Population:] 115,498
At the present rate of increase, Australia's population will reach twenty millions in 62 years, while it will take 145 years to equal America's 1921 figures.
[Larger bold text:] IN THE INTERESTS OF DEFENCE AND THE MAINTENANCE OF A WHITE AUSTRALIA, CAN WE AFFORD TO WAIT SIXTY-TWO YEARS TO REACH TWENTY MILLIONS, WHICH IS THE BAREST MARGIN OF SAFETY?
