The 1916 incident of the Maltese of New Caledonia

Maltese historian and researcher Mark Caruana talks about the incident in 1916 involving the biggest single group of Maltese men arriving in Australia, who were prohibited from entering Australia. The group of 214 Maltese comprised of a boatload of agricultural labourers who were turned away from Australia and sent to New Caledonia, after having failed a dictation test, while their boat was offshore at Melbourne.