The Real Story Behind Those "Aussie" Posters You've Been Seeing Everywhere

The Real Story Behind Those "Aussie" Posters You've Been Seeing Everywhere

One of the people featured in the posters is Monga Khan, an Afghan hawker who applied to be given an exemption from the dictation test made mandatory by the White Australia policy in 1916. Drew told BuzzFeed News that Khan's image, taken from his application, can be used to create a hero that defies traditional expectations of what it means to be Australian.

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