Chinese seamen [WWII NSW investigation dossier - includes notices of aliens; box 586]

Item

Title
Chinese seamen [WWII NSW investigation dossier - includes notices of aliens; box 586]
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Australia
Chinese--Migrations
Shipping
Chinese language
Correspondence
Employment
Brisbane (Qld.)
Category
4. World War II
Keywords
Chinese Australian
translation
investigation
Creator
Security Service, New South Wales
Current holder
National Archives of Australia, Sydney
Date
October 14, 1942
Link
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1547742
Series number
C123, 20328
Item number
1547742
Access rights
Digitised
Rights 
Copyright National Archives of Australia
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Sydney
Language 
Chinese
English
Description from source
Descriptive note
The National Archives gave this file the title 'Chinese seamen Internees [Box 586]', probably in 1995. The title page is partially missing and states only '‘Chinese sea….’

The file apparently concerns alien registration and security investigation of Chinese seamen. It does not seem to include any placement in internment camps of Chinese sailors. It does name Chinese sailors refusing to serve on a ship who were therefore to be detained at Long Bay until deported or willing to serve on the ship.

Series C123 was mistitled 'Dossiers on internees' and only corrected in the early 2000s.
Physical format
Correspondence
Typescripts