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This collection comprises the research papers of K L Gillion, created primarily during his PhD thesis research at the Australian National University. These include handwritten notes, annotated publications, and datasets on Indian indenture and indentured labourers in Fiji, and the activities of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR).

A photocopy. By Pandit Pratap Chandra Sharma - 'Pratap.'

Includes parts of a document on childbirth and early infancy, a pamphlet on infant welfare for Fijian parents, and a bible study extract relating to the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.

Gillion's handwritten notes on letters, reports, and notes regarding the employment and conditions of indentured labourers and the CSR in Fiji from the late 19th and early 20th century. Also included are copies of letters Pranjivan Mehta and Mahatma Gandhi.

Gillion's handwritten notes on letters, reports, and notes regarding the employment and conditions of indentured labourers in Fiji from the late 19th century.

Photocopies of 'Final Report on the Settlement of the Cawnpore District,' 'Final Report on the Settlement of the Basti District, United Provinces' (1891 and 1919), all annotated by Gillion.

Gillion's handwritten notes on Indian censuses and reports and publications regarding Indian agriculture, labour and industry, immigration, relations to the West, famine, and revenue.

Photocopies of 'Final Report on the Land Revenue Settlement of the Fyzabad District,' 'The Final Settlement Report on the Gonda district,' and 'Final Report on the Seventh Settlement of the Azamgarh District of the United Provinces,' all annotated by Gillion.

By Premnarayan Agarwal from the Indian Colonial Association, and by Pandit Ramchandra Sharma.

Photocopies annotated by Gillion.

Gillion's handwritten notes on correspondence and reports regarding Indian indenture from the early 20th century.

Photocopied Supreme Court criminal sessions articles on a case of wounding of an indentured Indian woman by overseer of Indian labour, H. Bloomingfield, in Fiji from 1911, as well as related letters supplied by the national Archives of Fiji.

Organisation founded by Vishnu Deo. Minutes from a 1948 Indian Association meeting, newspaper clippings regarding the Indian Association, handwritten letters, a paper on race in Fiji, and a constitution for the Central Indian Organisation.

Published 1898. A photocopy annotated by Gillion.

Photocopies of 'Bengal District Gazetteers' series on Champaran; 'Darbhang; Purnea; Sarann; Bhagalpur; Muzaffarpur; Gaya; Shahabad; and Patna by Lewis S. S. O'Malley, annotated. Also included are handwritten notes on the texts.

Charts and lists relating to marriage status, ethnic origin, sex, and departure. Also included is a catalogue of papers on the topic, Gillion's handwritten notes, and a copy of rules for the treatment of immigrants from 1878.

Data sets printed by the University of Pittsburgh. Analyses by marriage status, places of origin, castes, emigration years, and age.

Including 'Exhaustion and Persistence: Aspects of Rural Indian Society of Fiji,' 'Evolution of a New World People: The Indo-Guyanese of Suriname and Guyana,' and 'The Development of Islam in Suriname,' and handwritten notes on indenture in Trinidad.

Gillion's handwritten notes on letters and dispatches regarding indentured labour and the Colonial Sugar Refining Company from the early 20th century.

Photocopied materials supplied by the National Archives of Fiji. Includes settlement and purchase agreements from the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR), tables on Fijian tourism earnings and population origin, a copy of an Act regulating the sale of English liquor in Fiji, material establishing Empire Day for schoolchildren in Fiji, and Gillion's handwritten notes.

Including on Indian indentureship in South America, Fiji, employee/employer relations, social aspects, and resistance. Also included are photocopied meeting notes and letters on a committee on reducing death rates amongst children of indentured labourers and a handwritten paper on Girmitiyas.

Reports from 1888 to 1917. Also included are comments on a 1916 report on Indian emmigrants, and Gillion's handwritten notes on an independent inquiry into an indentured labourer in Fiji.

Regarding subjects of the Indian Marriage Ordinance, labour and emigration conditions, the Indian Emigration Act, the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., crime, death of indentured Indian labourers, and system changes.

Gillion's handwritten notes on accounts, legal reports, and publications related to experiences of indenture in Fiji, including ordinances, strikes and protest, idleness, the nature and conditions of work, pay, health, and crimes. Also inlcuded are two handwritten article drafts.

Gillion's handwritten notes on publications, reports, and letters and dispatches between officials regarding immigration and indentured labourers in Fiji from the late 19th century.

Gillion's handwritten notes on reports, minutes, letters, and dispatches of officials including the Governor of Fiji regarding the lives and conditions of indentured labourers, and plantation management and outcomes in Fiji from the late 19th century.

Gillion's handwritten tables on indentures and worker demographics, and notes on letters between Fijian government officials, and reports and publications from the late 19th and early 20th century. Also includes excerpts of Gillion's thesis feedback, a newspaper clipping, photocopied letters, and a copy of the Indian Emigration Act (modified up to 1 September 1954).

Gillion's handwritten notes on reports and speeches from the CSR regarding outputs, labour needs, and potential Chinese immigration from the late 19th and early 20th century.

Gillion's handwritten notes on issues of Fijian publications, including The Suva Times and Fiji Times, regarding indentured labourers and plantations from the late 19th and early 20th century.

Gillion's handwritten notes on letters, minutes, and reports from Indian government agencies regarding Indian indenture to Fiji and Trinidad from the late 19th century. Also included are letters to Gillion from the Director of Archives, Indian Government, releasing documents for his use.

Gillion's handwritten notes on issues of the Gazette, as well as yearly India Immigration Reports, regarding Indian immigration from the late 19th century.

Includes an article on Indian widows and their departure to Fiji, statements numbering emmigrants and ships to Fiji and repatriation to India, Gillion's handwritten notes on publications, reports, and interviews related to indenture, a copy of Francis Henry May's thoughts on Burton's 'The Fiji of Today,' a list of demands from workers, and a typed book outline.

A bound notebook with Gillion's handwritten notes on publications, and discussions and interviews with scholars and individuals including John Wear Burton, Ram Nath, and Sisir Gupta.