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Communist International member Egon Kisch speaking at the Domain Sydney in 1934. Across 1934 and 1935, the Australian Government attempted to exclude Kisch, who was born in Prague, from Australia using the Immigration Restriction Act and dictation tests.

Huge crowd in the Domain, Sydney, to hear Communist Party speaker Egon Kisch. Published in The Labor Daily, 19 Nov 1934.

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Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, Home and Away — 4742 / FL1317256

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