Mary Elizabeth Calwell, daughter of Arthur and Elizabeth Calwell, is the author of her father's biography, I am bound to be true: the life and legacy of Arthur A. Calwell
When Arthur Calwell addressed parliament as the first Australian Minister for Immigration on 2 August 1945, Australia was still at war.
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