Australia’s Dictation Test as Hurdle for Asian Migrants in Colonial Era

https://www.elanka.com.au/memories-are-made-of-this-the-agar-hewawissa-plunkett-forbes-lineages-of-ceylon-by-michael-roberts/Editor Thuppahi:

In support of his revelatory essay on Asian migrants to Australia in the late 19th and early 20th century, Earlson Forbes has sent TPS examples of the DICTATION TEST that was deployed to keep out the unwanted illiterate.

 

 

 

 

 

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What’s in an “I”.  Peris/Peiris …. !!

Ceylonese Migrants to Australia in the 1950s and 1960s

Australia’s Dictation Test and Early Arrivals from Ceylon