Published 2018-09-01
“…Having then made the commitment to send a representative to Evian, the Australian government chose a man who was neither an immigration expert nor a man with any
foreign affairs expertise. Thomas (later Sir Thomas) White, the Australian
Minister for
Trade and Customs, was a senior
minister in the Cabinet of Prime
Minister Joseph Lyons, but the experience required for the task of representing Australia at a gathering such as Evian was simply beyond him. …”
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