Envelope - Japanese Consul General, to Setsutaro Hasegawa, Melbourne, 06 Jul 1903, Envelope addressed to Setsutaro Hasegawa from the Japanese Consulate in Melbourne. Setsutaro migrated to Australia in 1897 at the age of 29. This was just four years before the introduction of the Immigration Restriction Act which virtually banned immigration to Australia from Asia. Setsutaro worked as a houseboy in Melbourne before establishing a laundry business in Geelong. In 1905 he married

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Envelope - Japanese Consul General, to Setsutaro Hasegawa, Melbourne, 06 Jul 1903, Envelope addressed to Setsutaro Hasegawa from the Japanese Consulate in Melbourne. Setsutaro migrated to Australia in 1897 at the age of 29. This was just four years before the introduction of the Immigration Restriction Act which virtually banned immigration to Australia from Asia. Setsutaro worked as a houseboy in Melbourne before establishing a laundry business in Geelong. In 1905 he married

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