▁had ▁arrived ▁before hand ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁lic ensed . ▁ ▁The ▁Act s ▁also ▁provided ▁that ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 6 , ▁any ▁Pacific ▁Island er ▁still ▁in ▁Australia ▁could ▁be ▁instantly ▁deport ed . ▁ ▁Further ▁it ▁was ▁illegal ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁pay , ▁which ▁meant ▁that ▁anyone ▁who ▁sli pped ▁through ▁the ▁net ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁means ▁to ▁provide ▁for ▁themselves . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁ten ▁thousand ▁Island ers ▁were ▁deport ed , ▁many ▁to ▁the ▁wrong ▁islands . ▁ ▁O thers ▁however , ▁managed ▁to ▁stay ▁on ▁technical ities . ▁ ▁Island ers ▁who ▁had ▁lived ▁in ▁Australia ▁for ▁twenty ▁years ▁were ▁class ified ▁as ▁Australian ▁citizens , ▁as ▁were ▁any ▁children ▁born ▁since ▁their ▁arrival . ▁ ▁Many ▁whites ▁were ▁sympath etic ▁to ▁the ▁Island ers ' ▁pl ight . ▁In ▁F arn borough , ▁Robert ▁Arm strong , ▁the ▁former ▁manager ▁of ▁the ▁mill , ▁gave ▁employ ment ▁to ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁former ▁workers ▁to ▁tend ▁his ▁far ms , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁south , ▁Paul ▁Jos ke ▁and ▁other ▁land hold ers ▁le ased ▁them ▁blocks ▁to ▁grow ▁cro ps ▁and ▁raise ▁their ▁families . ▁ ▁Many ▁Island ers ▁moved ▁onto ▁these ▁blocks , ▁and ▁after ▁Jos ke ' s ▁death , ▁the ▁area ▁was ▁renamed ▁Jos kele igh . ▁ ▁The ▁Island ers ▁formed ▁a ▁close - kn it ▁community ▁there . ▁ ▁They ▁lived ▁in ▁traditional ▁that ched ▁h uts ▁and ▁surv ived ▁by ▁growing ▁veget ables ▁and ▁s elling ▁them .