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Chinese immigration

Is a White Australia possible? [3 January 1922]

2 February 2021 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article about the Rev. Dr. John Dunmore Lang, immigration, and White Australia. Published in The Register (Adelaide, SA), 3 January 1922.] Is a White Australia possible? From the Rev. J. C. Kirby:— Dr. John Dunmore Lang, minister of the Scotch Church, … [Read more...] about Is a White Australia possible? [3 January 1922]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Chinese immigration, immigration, John Dunmore Lang (subject), Rev. J. C. Kirby, SourceTrove, White Australia, year1922

The Chinese and the diggers at the Rocky River [letter to the editor, 3 August 1861]

28 October 2015 · Leave a Comment

[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]

Filed Under: letters to the editor Tagged With: Chinese, Chinese immigration, Chinese on the goldfields, SourceTrove, year1861

Lecture on the Chinese question [17 December 1878]

18 April 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A report on a lecture given by the Rev. Joseph Coles Kirby. Published in the Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners’ Advocate, 17 December 1878.] Lecture on the Chinese question. Last evening the Rev. J. C. Kirby delivered, at the Protestant Hall, King-street, a … [Read more...] about Lecture on the Chinese question [17 December 1878]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Chinese immigration, Joseph Coles Kirby (1837-1924), SourceTrove, year1878

Chinese Immigration [song by Charles Thatcher, 1857]

8 July 2012 · Leave a Comment

[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]

Filed Under: songs Tagged With: Charles Thatcher (1830-1878) (author), Chinese, Chinese immigration, recommended poetry, song, SourceSLV, Thatcher’s Colonial Songster (Charles Thatcher 1857), year1857

Nationalism in Australia [20 October 1888]

29 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An article on Australian nationalism, the British imperial connection, and Chinese immigration. Published in The Brisbane Courier, 20 October 1888.] Nationalism in Australia The Pall Mall Gazette of 6th September, writing of the action of the Chinese Government … [Read more...] about Nationalism in Australia [20 October 1888]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Australian nationalism, Chinese immigration, colonial White Australia policies, SourceTrove, year1888

[The subject of Chinese immigration] [11 January 1888]

22 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This untitled article considers the problems of a future Australia dealing with an emergent China. Published in The Age, 11 January 1888.] [The subject of Chinese immigration] One of the questions that a Federal Council might deal with to some good purpose is the … [Read more...] about [The subject of Chinese immigration] [11 January 1888]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: Chinese immigration, defence, SourceGoogleNews, year1888

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