Papers added July 2016, 1900s-1950s

Component identifier:: Class MS Acc16.107
Content Summary:: This consignment comprises research material about the history of the dictation test provision of the old Immigration Act (1901-1957), collected in the 1990s for a book that was never written. Includes original statistical returns on immigration exclusion and admissions and correspondence with the Joint House Committee of Parliament to fill gaps in those tabled; material by name and year of exclusion of individuals under the dictation test; draft chapters on the Mabel Freer Case in which the test was used for "moral" reasons.

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1970607) for the access conditions.
Parent Terms of Access:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia