Show YANKS IN LAND KANGAROO-LAND 27 American Families on do Large Construction Job in ire Australia Over the past few years Austral- Austral Australia's das da's hustling program of national m development has called for the in in- introduction introduction introduction of more men more mo e ma ma- material material material and more money People equipment and dollars have gone from the United States to help in inthe inthe inthe the creation of a greater nation through the building of great hydro hydro- hydroelectric hydroelectric hydroelectric electric undertakings and irrigation irrigation irrigation tion projects After Japan surrendered in Sep Sep- September September 1945 Australia quickly set fet about a program to build and strengthen this nation of A big migration plan plus indus indus- industrial industrial industrial trial expansion and resources de- de development development development went into force and today the population is now ap- ap approaching approaching This figure will continue to in in- increase increase increase crease rapidly as Australia relaxes many of its immigration laws Many American servicemen ex-servicemen in Australia during the war mar mar- married married married ried Australian girls and after the war a way two-way traffic took place across the Pacific Pacific Australian Australian war brides going to settle in the United States and a smaller number of American servicemen ex-servicemen returning to build a new life in hi Australia which many find resembles the United States in many respects The impetus of national develop develop- development development development ment has created new demands for formen formen formen men with the pioneering spirit and andon andon andon on the great construction projects now under way in Australia Amer Amer- Americans Americans Americans with this quality q are adding their muscle and their know-how know to the building program Typical is Ron from Huntsville Missouri who has been on the move for the past 12 years from dams to airfields and from highways to more and bigger dams and his wife Ellen with their daughter Louanne 12 and son Eddie 10 have lived on wheels for the past seven years but now have come to rest at last in Aus Aus- They are arc one of 27 American fam fam- families families families of construction bosses settled in a picturesque valley on the site of one of Australia's newest and biggest pioneering projects the Eildon Dam in the mountain re re- region region re- re region gion of South-eastern South Australia American children especially like Australia because the people are so much like people at home |