Go to archive

Gladakkers

Text

Title
Gladakkers
Subject
Race discrimination
Human smuggling
Chinese--Migrations
Immigrants--Australia--History
Emigration and immigration
Melbourne (Vic.)
Category
2. National boundaries
1. Settlement
Author
Gladakkers (pseudonym)
Place of Publication
Batavia/Bandung
Keywords
White Australia policy
Creator
Preanger-bode
Current holder
Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands)
Date
January 4, 1908
Link
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB08:000125102:mpeg21:p003
Series number
page 3
Access rights
Open access
Country of origin
Indonesia
Place
Melbourne
Language
Dutch
Physical format
Newspapers
Abstract
Short report taken from the British newspaper Daily Chronicle on smuggling of Chinese to Australia
Transcription
Gladakkers: Londen, 3 Januari.
De "DaiIy Chronicle" verneemt uit Melbourne, dat de commissaris voor de immigratie een groot complot aan het licht gebracht beeft, dat ten deel had de beperkende bepalingen der immigratie-wet te ontduiken en Chineezen in Australiƫ binnen te smokkelen. Bij dit complot waren ook blanken betrekken, die groote winsten maakten met dezen "smokkelhandel."
Translation
Gladakkers: London, 3 January.
The Daily Chronicle reports from Melbourne that the Immigration Commissioner has uncovered a major conspiracy that involved evading the restrictive provisions of the Immigration Act and smuggling Chinese into Australia. Also involved in this plot were whites, who made large profits from this "smuggling trade."
Date accessed
November 10, 2021