Australia's Dictation Test

Michael Williams, Ph.D. (2001), Hong Kong University, is an Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University. He has published extensively on Chinese Australian history with emphasis on continuing links with the home villages, including Returning Home with Glory (HKU Press, 2018).

• PrefaceList of Figures1 As Absurd as It Is UniqueAn Introduction2 Avoid Stigmatising Them by Name as Being Unfit for Civilised LifeThe Historical and Ideological Background up to 19013 To Place Its Sufficiency beyond DoubtCrafting the Dictation Test 1901 – 19094 On Account of the Elasticity Which It PermitsEvolution of the administration of the Dictation Test5 A Man Would Need to Live for Three GenerationsChinese exceptionalism6 Is the Applicant of European (White) Race or Descent?Defining the Desirable7 The Humanity of Australia Itself Will in Time RevoltPassing of the Test and Fading of the Project8 Heads-I-Win-Tails-You-LoseHas Australia Passed the Test?BibliographyIndex