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English immigrants

English immigrants

In the years during and immediately after the Second World War, a very large majority of immigrants were still from England. Here, an English family comes down the gangplank in 1940.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: PAColl-5482-025

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page:

Jock Phillips. 'History of immigration', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/history-of-immigration/13/3