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03523aam a2200517 i 4500 001 1AE65FE678F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 210714s2021 ne a b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021031738 020 $a 9004470107 020 $a 9789004470101 035 $a (OCoLC)1256627804 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d YDX $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a u-at--- 050 00 $a JV9133 $b .W55 2021 100 1 $a Williams, Michael $c (Professor of Australian history), $e author. 245 10 $a Australia's dictation test : $b the test it was a crime to fail / $c By Michael Williams. 264 1 $a Leiden ; $b Brill, $c [2021] 300 $a xiii, 300 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Chinese overseas : history, literature, and society ; $v volume18 520 $a "The last person to 'pass' White Australia's Dictation Test did so in 1907 by submitting a watercolour entitled 'Advance Australia Fair. For the next 50 years of its existence the thereafter more carefully trained officials ensured no one ever passed again. Here is detailed how the White Australia Policy came to have a fake test of dictation at the heart of its administration. Beginning as an inspired piece of hypocrisy designed to preserve the semblance of imperial equality, in the hands of the early Commonwealth of Australia this 'education test' quickly evolved into a test it was impossible to pass"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a As absurd as it is unique: introduction -- Avoid stigmatising them by name as being unfit for civilised life: the historical and ideological background up to 1901 -- To place its sufficiency beyong doubt: crafting the dictation test, 1901-1909 -- On account of the elasticity which it permits: evolution of the administration of the dictation test -- A man would need to live for three generations: Chinese exceptionalism -- Is the applicant of European (White) race or descent? defining the desirable -- The humanity of Australia itself will in time revolt: passing of the test and the fading of the project -- Heads-I-Win-Tails-You-Lose: has Australia passed the test? 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration. 650 0 $a Citizenship $z Australia $x Examinations, questions, etc. 651 0 $a Australia $x Government policy. $x Government policy. 650 0 $a Chinese $z Australia. 650 0 $a White Australia policy. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration law $z Australia $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Chinese. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00857169 650 7 $a Citizenship. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861909 650 7 $a Emigration and immigration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908690 650 7 $a Emigration and immigration $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908700 650 7 $a Emigration and immigration law. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00908736 650 7 $a White Australia policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01174598 651 7 $a Australia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204543 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Examinations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423780 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Williams, Michael (Professor of Australian history) $t Australia's dictation test $d Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2021 $z 9789004471108 $w (DLC) 2021031739 830 0 $a Chinese overseas ; $v v. 18. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526015431.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1AE65FE678F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search