Summary
Letter from Hans Hukom in Jakarta, Indonesia to Richard and Edith Winnett in Gundagai, New South Wales, dated 27 July, 1968, regarding paperwork they have sent to him. Hans has been back to the Australian Embassy and been given an 'entry for residence' form which he has partially completed and included with this letter, along with various education, employment and identity certificates. He states that: 'I hope I can get a chance to go to Australia. What do you think about this Mr Winnett, because my skin is brown? In Indonesia you have enough people with Dutch names but their skin are black or brown.'
This is one of a collection of 40 documents and four photographs relating to the unsuccessful attempts by Hans Hukom, an Indonesian citizen, to migrate to Australia between 1968 and 1972.
Significance
Statement of Historical Significance:
Hans Hukom's documents provide an insight, at times frustrating and poignant, into one person's attempts to seek approval to immigrate, the vagaries of bureaucracy, and the likely influence of the White Australia policy in his ultimate lack of success, still officially in force at that time.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Migration & Cultural Diversity, Politics & Society, Working Life & Trades
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Author
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Recipient
Mr Richard C. Winnett, Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 27 Jul 1968
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Recipient
Mrs Edith G. Winnett, Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 27 Jul 1968
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Classification
Migration, Processing - immigration selection, Correspondence
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Keywords
Immigration Policies, Immigration Selection, White Australia Policy, Letters, Working Life, Employment Records, Religions, Indonesian Immigration
