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White Australia policies

Sugar Works Guarantee Act: Royal Assent withheld: Labour difficulties the reason [28 May 1901]

24 January 2025 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, regarding the Sugar Works Guarantee Act Amendment Bill 1901 (Qld.), was published in The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld.), 28 May 1901.] Sugar Works Guarantee Act. Royal Assent withheld. Labour difficulties the reason. The Government has received … [Read more...] about Sugar Works Guarantee Act: Royal Assent withheld: Labour difficulties the reason [28 May 1901]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, publication The Telegraph (Brisbane Qld.), royal assent refused, SourceTrove, Sugar Works Guarantee Act Amendment Bill 1901 (Qld.), White Australia policies, year1901

White Australia’s bulwark: People are prepared to pay: What the sugar industry means [26 October 1924]

26 January 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article was published in Truth (Brisbane, Qld.), 26 October 1924.] White Australia’s bulwark. People are prepared to pay. What the sugar industry means. Whether or not Prime Minister Bruce went into Queensland’s Northern sugar districts, with ideas of … [Read more...] about White Australia’s bulwark: People are prepared to pay: What the sugar industry means [26 October 1924]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, SourceTrove, Stanley Bruce (1883-1967) (subject), sugar industry, White Australia policies, year1924

To the Polls! Oh Workers! [30 March 1901]

29 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article, about the Queensland Labor Party’s support for a White Australia, was published in the “Stray Notes” section of The Worker (Brisbane, Qld.), 30 March 1901.] To the Polls! Oh Workers! Every one of the leaders of the White Australia movement in … [Read more...] about To the Polls! Oh Workers! [30 March 1901]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: racial attitudes, racial purity (White Australia), SourceTrove, White Australia policies, year1901

The Last Word [30 March 1901]

29 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article is from the “Tray Notes” column, published in The Worker (Brisbane, Qld.), 30 March 1901.] The Last Word. Let every man with a vote go to the poll. Let a full tally be taken so that it may be known how many white men or pro-kanakas Queensland … [Read more...] about The Last Word [30 March 1901]

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A White Australia [30 March 1901]

26 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This article is an extract from the “Stray Notes” section published in The Worker (Brisbane, Qld.), 30 March 1901.] A White Australia The fight is at hand — for a White Australia, the greatest and most pregnant question that has ever been placed before the … [Read more...] about A White Australia [30 March 1901]

Filed Under: articles Tagged With: 500x500, adult suffrage, arbitration and conciliation, democracy, initiative and referendum, old age pensions, SourceTrove, White Australia policies, year1901

Cr. J. Charles is a candidate [election statement of Joseph Charles, 24 March 1901]

26 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This election advertisement, regarding the candidature of Joseph Charles for the Senate in Western Australia, was published in The West Australian Sunday Times (Perth, WA), 24 March 1901.] Federal Senate Elections. CR. J. CHARLES IS A CANDIDATE LADIES and … [Read more...] about Cr. J. Charles is a candidate [election statement of Joseph Charles, 24 March 1901]

Filed Under: advertisements Tagged With: 500x500, candidates general, candidates independent, election statements, phrase "Australia for the Australians", SourceTrove, White Australia policies, year1901

To the Electors of Western Australia [election statement of Henry Saunders, 24 March 1901]

26 May 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: An election advertisement regarding the candidature of Henry John Saunders for the Senate in Western Australia. Published in The West Australian Sunday Times, 24 March 1901.] To the Electors of Western Australia. HENRY J. SAUNDERS, M.L.C., And EX-MAYOR of … [Read more...] about To the Electors of Western Australia [election statement of Henry Saunders, 24 March 1901]

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