James Minahan

Born

  • 4 October 1876

Family name

  • Minahan

Given names

  • James
  • Francis
  • Kitchen

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Chapter 1: An unexpected welcome

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  • …New Zealand, Tahiti and Fiji. James Minahan was one of those bound …
  • …Zealand, Tahiti and Fiji. James Minahan was one of those bound …
  • …papers, he decided to give Minahan the Dictation Test. This was …

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  • …Minahan was unable to complete the …

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  • …their handprints and documents, including Minahan’s birth certificate, to assist …
  • …government interpreter Harry Hoyling, interviewed Minahan in the saloon of the …
  • …Chan Num, who had known Minahan as a boy and had …

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  • …establish whether the birth certificate Minahan presented was really his own. …
  • …and the mother was ‘Winifred Minahan’. Ever alert to the possibilities …
  • …spoken to him. After interviewing Minahan, Mercer was not convinced of …
  • …interpreter Harry Hoyling, Mercer told Minahan that he was going to …
  • …them in English. He gave Minahan a pencil and paper and …
  • …read in Sydney. When asked, Minahan said that he could not …
  • …not land in Australia. Consequently, Minahan was to be transferred back …

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  • …The next day, Tuesday, Minahan left Melbourne for Sydney on …
  • …in Sydney two days later, Minahan was escorted by Inspector Donohoe …
  • …issued against him for holding Minahan on board. Habeas corpus …
  • …similar to that of James Minahan.4…
  • …very similar to that of James Minahan.4…

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  • …F.S. Boyce acted on Minahan’s behalf in the matter, …
  • …born British subject Minahan was entitled to enter the …
  • …and he presented affidavits from Minahan and several Chinese residents of …
  • …attesting to the facts of Minahan’s Victorian birth and subsequent …
  • …had declared at that James Minahan was a prohibited immigrant, noting …
  • …evidence, Justice Street ruled in Minahan’s favour, concluding that neither …
  • …the Commonwealth had demonstrated that Minahan was a prohibited immigrant under …
  • …Act. Justice Street therefore ordered Minahan’s release.…
  • …who had declared at that James Minahan was a prohibited immigrant, noting …

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  • …Minahan left the Taiyuan at around …
  • …at Circular Quay and arrested Minahan as he left the wharf. …
  • …1905’.6 Minahan was brought before the Water …

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  • …received a personal letter from Minahan’s Melbourne solicitor, E.A. …

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  • …When Minahan was rejected at Melbourne and …
  • …is likely that it was Minahan’s uncles in Melbourne, Ah …

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  • …These private discussions between Minahan’s solicitor and those representing …
  • …for the hearing against James Minahan on Friday, 14 February. However, …
  • …Sydney for the hearing against James Minahan on Friday, 14 February. However, …