Under the Aborigines Act, Aboriginal people can apply to ‘cease being Aboriginal’ and have access to the same rights as ‘whites’.
‘Battle of Dingbat Flat’ – Italians, Greeks and other non-British immigrants are attacked over increasing numbers of southern Europeans moving into Western Australia.
Dictation Test is used to prevent Czech-Jewish writer Egon Kisch from landing in Australia.
In the gold-mining city of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, an incident in a hotel sparks resentment against Italians living in Kalgoorlie. Anti-Italian sentiment culminates in a two day riot in which migrants homes and shops are burnt. Hundreds of Italian migrants are forced to shelter in the surrounding countryside.
