Talk:Immigration Restriction Act 1901

Kanaka and South Sea Islander repatriation
Where does the repatriation of the Kanaka/South Sea Islander people fit. I guess it is under this Act Paul foord 12:39, 15 July 2005 (UTC)


 * That was under the Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901, a separate act which was actually granted Royal Assent on the same day as this one. --bainer (talk) 04:55, 16 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks Paul foord 07:44, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Contradiction
The article says that Kisch arrived in 1934 and passed the dictation several times before failing in Scottish Gaelic. It then goes on to say that no one passed the test after 1909. Unless I'm missing something, it would appear that these two statements are contradictory. Ambi 12:53, 15 July 2005 (UTC)


 * I should change that wording... he passed several pieces of dictation, but failed "the test" as a whole. Someone could be required to do a passage as many times as the tester liked. Thanks for picking that up. --bainer (talk) 04:56, 16 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Ah, that makes much more sense - thanks for clearing it up. Ambi 05:10, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Something that isn't making sense to me
It is stated that after 1905 the languages used to perform the dictation test were not just limited to European languages, but any language. If this is the case, then why is it that in 1934 a court found that Scotts Gaelic was not a European language, and thus Kish was treated unfairly. This is a contradiction. Now I read that piece of information at http://www.law.mq.edu.au/html/MqLJ/volume5/vol5_robertson.pdf. Although I can't find where in the article at this point. Perhaps though that what I read is wrong. But I am writing a paper on this subject, and the inconsistencies in research make for a real long research methodology. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.240.192.210 (talk • contribs).


 * The 1905 amendment allowed the government to make regulations specifying a particular language that the test should be given in, with the old position (any European language) as the default position if no regulations had yet been made. I'm not sure if any regulations were made at some other time, but there had certainly been none made by 1934, and as such the old position still applied. --bainer (talk) 06:57, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

what is the definition of the act? i couldnt quite understand.

Section on dictation test lacks important detail
The section on the dictation test goes to some lengths demonstrating how its effects were disastrous, but it doesn't actually do the basic job of explaining what the rules of the test were. The article implies officials could just test people in any arbitrary language of their choice. How was that regulation made? Was it explicitly stated in the law in this way? How had the lawmakers come up with and justified such an obviously ridiculous rule? The article ought to be a lot more explicit on that. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:37, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Officers were not required to do so; they were just left at liberty to do so, and they knew how to do it so as to exclude non-whites.--Wikiain (talk) 23:23, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

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