Mabel Freer Denied Entry

Date: October 20, 1936 • Location: Rome, Italy

British woman Mabel Freer was refused entry to Australia after failing a dictation test given in Italian, leading to a debate over Australia's immigration policy.

Mabel Gwendolyn Freer was a British woman whose exclusion from Australia on morality grounds in 1936 became a cause célèbre and led to a political controversy.