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. - Ir-riċerkatur tal-istorja tal-Maltin fl-Awstralja, Mark Caruana jitkellem dwar l-inċident tal-1916 li kien jinvolvi l-akbar grupp f’daqqa ta’ rġiel Maltin u Għawdxin li waslu l-Awstralja, li ma tħallewx jinżlu l-art. Il-grupp ta’ 214 Malti u Għawdxi, il-biċċa l-kbira minnhom ħaddiema tar-raba’, intbagħtu New Caledonia, wara li sarilhom test bl-Olandiż meta kienu fuq il-vapur bl-iskop li jeħlu żgur.