Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901

Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901
Parliament of Australia
Long title An Act to provide for the Regulation, Restriction and Prohibition of the Introduction of Labourers from the Pacific Islands and for other purposes.
Citation	No. 16 of 1901
Royal assent	17 November 1901[1]
Repealed	1 June 1959
Amended by
Pacific Island Labourers Act 1906
Repealed by
Migration Act 1958
Related legislation
Immigration Restriction Act 1901
Status: Repealed

The Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901 (Cth) was an Act of the Parliament of Australia which was designed to facilitate the mass deportation of Pacific Islanders, or "Kanakas", working in Australia, especially in the Queensland sugar industry. Along with the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, enacted six days later, it formed an important part of the White Australia policy. In 1901, there were approximately 10,000 Pacific Islanders working in Australia, most in the sugar cane industry in Queensland and northern New South Wales, many working as indentured labourers. The Act ultimately resulted in the deportation of approximately 7,500 Pacific Islanders.