Descriptive note

The file includes some applications for exemption from deportation under the Pacific Islander Labourers Act 1901.

Aboriginalwomen married to or living with Pacific Islands labourers, and their children,were affected by the threat of deportation of the Islanders. The file includessome names.   Extractfrom Ros Fraser (compiler), ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People inCommonwealth Records: A Guide to Records in the Australian Archives, ACTRegional Office, Canberra, 1993’. As the above text was prepared to describematerial relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it may notdescribe all the material on the item.