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Exemption certificates for migrants issued at Port Melbourne – extract from a register

Exemption certificates for migrants issued at Port Melbourne – extract from a register.

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Learning resource record

Creator:

Department of Home and Territories, Central Office

Date:

1925

Citation:

A260, Volume 1

Keywords:

  • migration
  • White Australia policy
  • China

Transcript

[Header:] EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES issued at the Port of Melbourne [The word 'Melbourne' is handwritten.]

[The following information is displayed in a table of five columns. From left to right the column headings read 'No. of Certificate', 'Date of issue',' To whom Issued', 'Nationality', 'Occupation'. The year '1925' is handwritten in red ink below the column heading 'Date of Issue'. Below responses are in column order left to right.

204

Nov. [November] 13

Lan Lam

Chinese

Market Gardener

204A

Nov. 18

Lew Mun Wong

" [Chinese]

Student

205

Nov. 18

Ah Moe

" [Chinese]

Cabinet Maker

206

Nov. 18

Chin Ting

" [Chinese]

Student

207

Nov. 18

Chin Yuen

" [Chinese]

" [Student]

208

Nov. 18

Lum Kam

" [Chinese]

" [Student]

209

Nov. 18

Lum Yock

" [Chinese]

" [Student]

210

Nov. 20

Cheng Tatt

" [Chinese]

Fireman

211

Nov. 20

Lum Meng

" [Chinese]

" [Fireman]

212

Nov. 20

Lucy Lamy

Indian

Ayah

213

Nov. 24

Jacob

Nauruan

Student

214

Nov. 24

Richard

" [Nauruan]

" [Student]

215

Nov. 27

Louey Hong Yel

Chinese

" [Student]

216

Nov. 27

Chin Yew

" [Chinese]

" [Student]

217

Nov. 27

Yee Cook

" [Chinese]

Storekeeper

218

Dec. [December] 3

Ah Fook

Chinese

Storekeeper

219

Dec. 3

Lee King Sing

" [Chinese]

Student

220

Dec. 3

Hong Lee

" [Chinese]

" [Student]

221

Dec. [December] 3

Klam Xuchand

Siamese

Servant

222

Dec. 14

Agnes Bradley

British

Domestic Servant

223

Dec. 8

Edward Sucock

" [British]

[illegible] Manager

224

Dec. 14

Harry William Smith

" [British]

Sailor R.A.N. [Royal Australian Navy]

225

Dec. 14

Soong Got

Chinese

Student

226

Dec. 14

Loney Him

" [Chinese]

Market Gardener

227

Dec. 14

Lew Sin

" [Chinese]

Student

228

Dec. 14

Chin Go Mang

" [Chinese]

" [Student]

229

Dec. 14

Chin Ah [?Sge?]

" [Chinese]

Amah

230

Dec. 14

Ling Giet Chow

" [Chinese]

Student

231

Dec. 14

Lizzie Clavier Bultitude

British

Dom [Domestic] Duties

232

Dec. 17

Shigejiro Akamatsu

Japanese

Wool Buyer

233

Dec. 17

Tamiko Akamatsu

" [Japanese]

Dom [Domestic] Duties

234

Dec. 17

Leong Sing

Chinese

Student

235

Dec. 17

L. Mon Wing

" [Chinese]

" [Student]

236

Dec. 17

Chew Bong

" [Chinese]

" [Student]

237

Dec. 17

Chew Ning

" [Chinese]

" [Student]

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