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colonial White Australia policies

The White Australia Policy: Colonial concerns and national issues

17 February 2025 · Leave a Comment

White Australia

[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

Filed Under: IAC article sections Tagged With: 500x500, anti-Chinese agitation, Chinese immigration, colonial White Australia policies, IAC article section, laws re Chinese immigration, The White Australia Policy (The Rise and Fall), White Australia, White Australia Policy

Undesirable immigrants: West Australian Restriction Act [9 March 1898]

24 January 2025 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding the Immigration Restriction Act 1897 (Western Australia), was published in The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW), 9 March 1898. In this article the newspaper capitalized some selected phrases and utilized them as sub-headings.] Undesirable … [Read more...] about Undesirable immigrants: West Australian Restriction Act [9 March 1898]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, colonial White Australia policies, Immigration Restriction Act 1897 (WA), Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) (subject), Natal Immigration Restriction Act, publication The Australian Star (Sydney NSW), SourceTrove, year1898

Undesirable immigrants: The Natal Restriction Bill: Approved of by Mr. Chamberlain [23 September 1897]

23 January 2025 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding the Natal Immigration Restriction Bill, was published in The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), 23 September 1897. The Natal Immigration Restriction Act was subsequently used as the basis of the Australian Commonwealth’s Immigration Restriction Act, … [Read more...] about Undesirable immigrants: The Natal Restriction Bill: Approved of by Mr. Chamberlain [23 September 1897]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, colonial White Australia policies, Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) (subject), Natal Immigration Restriction Act, publication The Daily Telegraph (Sydney NSW), SourceTrove, year1897

Federation and a white Australia [21 September 1895]

4 February 2017 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This letter to the editor, regarding non-white immigration and Australia’s relationship with Britain, was published in The Worker (Wagga Wagga, NSW), 21 September 1895.] Federation and a white Australia. Your Federation article recently contains a high percentage … [Read more...] about Federation and a white Australia [21 September 1895]

Filed Under: articles, letters to the editor Tagged With: 500x500, Australia and British Empire relationship, colonial White Australia policies, Hector Lamond (1865-1947) (author), republicanism, SourceTrove, year1895

Nationalism in Australia [20 October 1888]

29 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding Australian nationalism, the British imperial connection, and Chinese immigration, was published in The Brisbane Courier (Brisbane, Qld.), 20 October 1888.] Nationalism in Australia The Pall Mall Gazette of 6th September, writing of the … [Read more...] about Nationalism in Australia [20 October 1888]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, Australia and British Empire relationship, Australian nationalism, Chinese immigration, colonial White Australia policies, SourceTrove, year1888

The white man for a pinch [2 January 1897]

26 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article is from the “Bystanders’ Notebook” column, published in The Worker (Brisbane, Qld.), 2 January 1897.] The white man for a pinch Now that the Southern colonies is fighting the battle of “white Australia” against the coloured labour Government of … [Read more...] about The white man for a pinch [2 January 1897]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: colonial White Australia policies, SourceTrove, sugar industry, year1897

The Barcoo [10 September 1889]

26 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: These items are extracts from “The Barcoo” section (consisting of various news items regarding the Barcoo area of Queensland) published in The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.), 10 September 1889.] The Barcoo. [From our own correspondent.] The town has been … [Read more...] about The Barcoo [10 September 1889]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, colonial White Australia policies, obituaries, phrase "Australia for the Australians", shearers, SourceTrove, sugar industry, unions, unions and racial attitudes, year1889

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