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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1961
Page
4
New census statistics released show a nine month period ending September 30 with a net population gain from immigration of 70,011. Men totaled 40,937 and women 29,074, continuing a long term gender imbalance since 1959. The September quarter alone had 17,064 permanent migrants, of whom only 552 were women.
Olga Ivinskaya, longtime friend and model for Lara in Dr Zhivago, was sentenced at a secret Moscow trial to eight years in a labor camp. The sentence followed her alleged involvement in aiding writer Boris Pasternak and shielding him from authorities.
Canberra cadets join a large Sea Cadets program aboard the RAN vessel HMAS Tevchip for an 11 day training cruise. Two Canberra officers Lieuts Powell and Sullivan lead a party of 44 cadets aboard Melbourny.
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