Certificate of Exemption January 20 1924

We can apply for an exemption to be free from the Act but we have to prove to the officials that we can “live in white society”. The standard required for an exemption is high and a certificate is not freely issued, only eleven are granted to Barambah inmates between 1916 and 1939.

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