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Registration of Aliens: 1917. Letterpress, handbill printed on…
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11-Dec-2017
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Registration of Aliens: 1917. Letterpress, handbill printed on linen, 44 x 30 cm. Text includes 'Commonwealth of Australia Department of Defence. Amended notice. Notice is hereby given that all persons (male and female) who are not British subjects and who are not exempted under the Regulations are required to register in accordance with the War Precautions (Aliens Registration) Regulations 1916' R. Trumble, Acting Secretary for Defence. Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, 30th June 1917. By authority: Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, Melbourne. During the First World War an array of regulations were introduced limiting the freedom of enemy aliens specifically, and aliens generally. Among these regulations were limitations on freedom of movement within the Commonwealth, and prohibitions on possessing firearms and other potential instruments of violence or sabotage. More significantly, compulsory registration of aliens was introduced - something that policymakers had been waiting for an opportune moment to initiate - and thousands of enemy aliens were interned, and many were later deported.
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