He organised the new department and co-ordinated Australia's repatriation effort, and was briefly acting Prime Minister in 1919, when he settled a seamen's strike.
But such arguments proved unconvincing for a Federal judge in Florida, who on Tuesday ordered the repatriation efforts halted.
With the onset of the 1975 Angolan Civil War, the number of refugees began to expand, and repatriation efforts also came to a halt.
Police coordinated their repatriation efforts with NGOs, in the last year referring 160 victims to NGO providers of victim services.
A sense of urgency is evident in the latest repatriation effort.
Filled with stories, quotes and statistics, this publication highlights the important role the NAGPRA grants program has played in repatriation efforts around the country.
The government assisted these NGOs with finding safe houses to shelter victims, and worked closely with consular representatives from other countries on repatriation efforts.
Repatriation and Relief The thought of undertaking a repatriation effort when a relief operation is barely under way here in Zaire is daunting for the aid agencies.
However, only Albion was directly involved in the repatriation effort.
The ferry was chartered to lend assistance to a repatriation effort organised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.