[Editor: This chapter is part of The White Australia Policy: The Rise and Fall of Australia’s Racial Ideology (2005).] Supporters of moderate amounts of Asian immigration Even amongst those who opposed large-scale Asian immigration, many were willing to accept Asian … [Read more...] about The White Australia Policy: Supporters of moderate amounts of Asian immigration
riots
[Riot at a land sale at Bacchus Marsh] [3 July 1865]
[Editor: This untitled item, an extract from a general news section, was published in The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 3 July 1865.] [Riot at a land sale at Bacchus Marsh] A riot took place during the land sale at Bacchus Marsh on Friday. About 2,500 persons were present, but … [Read more...] about [Riot at a land sale at Bacchus Marsh] [3 July 1865]
Lively Australians [2 May 1901]
[Editor: An article about a group of off-duty Australian troops attacking a South African newspaper during the Boer War. Published in The Wagga Wagga Advertiser, 2 May 1901.] Lively Australians The “Cape Times” gives the following account of the wrecking of the office of … [Read more...] about Lively Australians [2 May 1901]