[Editor: This chapter is part of The White Australia Policy: The Rise and Fall of Australia’s Racial Ideology (2025).] Colonial concerns and national issues The desire for a White Australia was evident in the various immigration restriction laws enacted by the Australian … [Read more...] about The White Australia Policy: Colonial concerns and national issues
anti-Chinese agitation
The Chinese [28 May 1887]
[Editor: This article, which is critical of Chinese immigration, was published in Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners’ Advocate (Newcastle, NSW), 28 May 1887.] The Chinese. In California, where Chinese settlement has had fair diagnosis, the result is “The Chinese must go.” … [Read more...] about The Chinese [28 May 1887]
The Chinese in Australia: Their vices and their victims [The Bulletin, 21 August 1886]
[Editor: This article, about Chinese in Australia, was published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 21 August 1886. A related article appeared in the same issue, “The Chinese must go”.] The Chinese in Australia. Their vices and their victims. Disease, defilement, … [Read more...] about The Chinese in Australia: Their vices and their victims [The Bulletin, 21 August 1886]
“The Chinese must go” [The Bulletin, 21 August 1886]
[Editor: This article, about Chinese in Australia, appeared in the “Plain English” column, published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 21 August 1886. The article referred to in the first paragraph is “The Chinese in Australia: Their vices and their victims”, which appeared in the … [Read more...] about “The Chinese must go” [The Bulletin, 21 August 1886]
The Chinese question: Speech by Mr. Kenneth Mackay, M.L.A. [10 September 1896]
[Editor: An article reporting on a speech by Kenneth Mackay. Published in The Australian Star, 10 September 1896.] The Chinese question. Speech by Mr. Kenneth Mackay, M.L.A. The Joss of cheapness. Chinese in the grocery business — The gospel of our government. At … [Read more...] about The Chinese question: Speech by Mr. Kenneth Mackay, M.L.A. [10 September 1896]
Anti-Chinese movement [1 August 1861]
[Editor: An article about a public meeting held to oppose Chinese immigration into Australian (the meeting took place soon after the Lambing Flat riots). Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 August 1861.] Anti-Chinese movement. A Public Meeting for the purpose of … [Read more...] about Anti-Chinese movement [1 August 1861]
The Chinese and the diggers at the Rocky River [letter to the editor, 3 August 1861]
[Editor: A letter from a miner, regarding problems between European and Chinese miners at the Rocky River goldfield. Published in The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 3 August 1861.] The Chinese and the diggers at the Rocky River. To the Editors of … [Read more...] about The Chinese and the diggers at the Rocky River [letter to the editor, 3 August 1861]
Chinese Immigration [song by Charles Thatcher, 1857]
[Editor: This song by Charles Thatcher was published in Thatcher’s Colonial Songster, 1857.] Chinese Immigration. Original Song — Written and Sung by Mr. C. R. Thatcher. “Tune — Dicky Birds.” You doubtless read the papers, And as men of observation, Of course you … [Read more...] about Chinese Immigration [song by Charles Thatcher, 1857]