Summary
Colour postcard featuring Balinese dancers from Hans Hukom in Indonesia to Edith Winnett in Gundagai, New South Wales, dated 1970 (postmark unclear). He mentions receiving her letter and that he is preparing to answer her request for information about himself and about life in Indonesia more generally. This probably relates to letter HT 57022 in which Hans provides this information to Edith for a Country Women's Association meeting presentation.
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.
Physical Description
Colour postcard featuring Balinese dancers
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
Mrs Edith G. Winnett, Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 1970
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Classification
Migration, Processing - immigration selection, Correspondence
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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
