Working holiday makers in Australia, 1986

The Australian Government offers a Working Holday Makers Scheme to young independent resourceful people, primarily from the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Japan and the Netherlands. This scheme allows the applicants to stay in Australia for up to twelve months and undertake casual employment while holidaying in Australia. The aims of this study were: to investigate the scheme and its impact on labour markets and employers; to develop a profile of a sample of holiday makers already in Australia; to determine the patterns of their occupational and geographical mobility; and to determine employer attitudes to the employment of Working Holiday Makers. Topics covered include for employers: country preferences; alternative employment arrangements; reasons for employing vistors under the scheme; length of time employees stayed; opinions on the reliability of working holiday makers and advantages and disadvantages of the scheme; methods of employee recruitment; and total number of employees. Working holdiay makers were asked questions on : country of birth; household composition at home; parents' occupations; marital status, and birthplace of spouse; educational qualifications; employment history prior to departure; employment details after arrival in Australia; places visited in Australia and mode of transport; accommodation and amount earned while in Australia; opinions on the scheme; sources of information on the scheme; impressions of Australia; and native language. Data not available on Nesstar. Please contact archive staff at [e-mail] if you wish to access these data.