Chinese Migration to Australia

Discovery of Gold

Jan 1, 1851

First Chinese Immigration Act

Jan 1, 1855

Original Documents
This document is the Assent original of an Act of the Victorian Parliament which restricted the entry of Chinese people into the Colony, the first such law in Australia.

Anti-Chinese Protests

Apr 24, 1857

Chinese miners outnumber European miners by at least three to one at the Buckland River goldfields in Victoria. This sparks racial tensions culminating in a violent anti-Chinese riot in which at least three Chinese miners are killed.

Arrival of Chinese Immigrants in Little Bourke Street

Jun 1, 1873

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au

Ah Young and Mary Amelia Coe

Dec 13, 1877

A Personal Story

'The Chinese Octopus'

Apr 24, 1886

‘The Chinese Octopus’, The Bulletin, 1886. Courtesy State Library

'The Yellow Trash Question'

Apr 24, 1895

‘The Yellow Trash Question’, The Bulletin, 1895. Courtesy State Library of New South Wales

Chinese Procession in Melbourne

Jan 1, 1901

Immigration
http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/

Websites

Apr 24, 1910

http://www.chia.chinesemuseum.com.au
http://cahsociety.weebly.com/useful-links.html
http://www.nla.gov.au/chinese/websites