Lecture delivered at the University of Sydney, 21st March, 2013. References available at http://davegearl.com First 2 minutes of audio missing. Chloe Okoli (with an L) is the correct spelling.

1. THE COMING OF WHITE AUSTRALA
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2. Wealthy Chinese enjoying opium, c. 1885 (Shanghai History Museum)
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3. John M. Letts, California Illustrated: Including a Description of the Panama
and Nicaragua Routes (1853)
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4. George Angas, Eagle Hawk Bendigo, 1851 (SLVic)
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5. Chinese Leaving for the Diggings on a Cobb & Co. Coach,
Castlemaine, Victoria, 1855 (SLV)
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6. Mrs B.H. Martindale, Untitled Landscape, 1860 (SLNSW)
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7. F.W. Liven & Co., John Alloo’s Chinese Restaurant, Ballarat, 1853
(NLA)
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8. Camp Hill Young at Time of Riot, c.1860 (SLNSW)
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9. Lambing Flat “Roll Up” Banner, 1860 (Lambing Flat Museum,
Young)
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10. “An Act to Make Provision for certain Immigrants,” Victoria, 1855
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11. New England Gold Mine, c. 1900 (Powerhouse Museum)
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12. Chinese Market Garden, Kalinga, Brisbane, c.1925 (SLQlD)
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13. Chinese Market Gardens, South Perth, 1928 (SLWA)
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14. Unidentified Chinese fruit and vegetable hawker with baskets of
produce, c.1895 (NLA)
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15. Henry Ah Foo’s Oriental Store, Marshall Street, Goonwindi, 1906
(SLQLD)
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16. Alfred May and Alfred Martin Ebsworth, Chinese Furniture
Makers, The Australian Sketcher, 24th April 1880 (SLVic)
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17. Phillip May, The Mongolian Octopus – His Grip on Australia, The
Bulletin, 21st August 1886
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18. F. A. Sleap, The Typhoid Scare, Investigating Yan Yean Water at
the University Laboratory, 1889 (State Library of Victoria)
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19. L. W. Sing Cabinet Maker, 7 Mary Street, Views taken during
Cleansing Operations, Quarantine Area, Sydney, 1900, Vol. III (SLNSW)
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20. George Ashton, The Chinese Question in Sydney, Illustrated
Australian News, 23rd June 1888 (SLVic)
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21. “European Labour Only,” inside Harry Earl’s Cupboard, c. 1910
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22. Harry Cherry, Why She Believes in the White Australia Policy,
Aussie: The Cheerful Monthly, 15th March 1921
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23. White Australia Policy Badge, c. 1920
(Powerhouse Museum)
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24. Johnstone, O'Shannessy & Co., The Late Dr. Pearson, 1894
(SLVic)
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25. The Future of Australia if the Black Australians Get Their Way,
Aussie: The Cheerful Monthly, 15th March 1922
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26. J. H. Waite, A Study of the Effects of Hookworm Infection upon
the Mental Development of QLD Schoolchildren, MJA, Jan 1919
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27. E.W. Cole (1903), The White Australia Question
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28. Cole’s Funny Picture Book, 1879
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29. E.W. Cole (1903), The White Australia Question
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30. The White Australia Post-Card, c. 1910 (SLVic)
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31. Recruits, New Hebrides, 189? (NLA)
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32. Kanaka Women Working in Sugar Cane, c.1892 (SLQlD)
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33. John Flynn, Japanese Pearl Divers, c. 191? (NLA)
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34. Samuel Calvert, Mother-of-Pearl Diving in the Torres Strait, 1884
(SLVic)
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35. Harvie & Sutcliffe, Chine Citizens of Melbourne Welcome the
Duke of Cornwall and York, 1901 (SLV)
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36. Immigration Restriction Bill, Second Reading, 7th August 1901
(CPD:HR)
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37. Immigration Restriction Act, 1901
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38. Immigration Restriction Act, 1901
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39. Orient Line to Australia, c. 1911 (ANMM)
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40. Orient Line Ticket with receipt from Australia House, London,
1954 (Museums Victoria)
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41. Passengers on the SS 'Zealandia' Waiting for Quarantine Officers,
1913 (SLSA)
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42. Immigration Restriction Act, 1901
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43. Dictation Test Passages, 1925 (NAA)
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44. Dictation Tests, 1902 - 1918
900
805
800
700
600
554
500
400
300
200
100 75
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6 0
0
1902-03 1904-09 1910-18
Tests administered Tests passed
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45. Immigration Restriction Act, 1901
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46. Dictation Test Certificate of Exemption for Florrie Lee Hang
Gong, 1916 (NAA)
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47. The Real Face of White Australia:
invisibleaustralians.org/faces wraggelabs.com @baibi @wragge
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48. Persons Refused Admission to the Commonwealth, 1913-
1928 (Jan Gothard, 1998)
s. 3a s. 3b s. 3c s. 3d s. 3e s. 3f
1913 38 0 9 0 23 9
1914 8 0 10 0 15 8
1915 25 0 2 0 3 2
1916 9 0 2 0 8 1
1917 10 0 0 1 1 0
1918 4 0 0 0 0 0
1919 No Returns
1920 2 0 0 0 2 1
1921 16 0 1 0 1 1
1922 No Returns
1923 12 2 7 5 5 0
1924 No Returns 3a Dictation Clause
1925 No Returns 3b No Health Certificate
3c Idiot, imbecile, feeble-minded or epileptic
1926 14 0 0 0 1 4 3d Serous transmissible disease or defect
1927 7 0 0 0 5 7 3e Tuberculosis, trachoma, dangerous diseases
3f Disease or defect, liable to become a public
1928 0 0 0 0 5 15
charge
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49. Frederick John Rose, c.1880 (Deaf Children Australia)
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50. Det. Of External Affairs, F. J. Rose re: Deaf & Dumb of
Australia, 1903 (NAA)
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51. Det. Of External Affairs, F. J. Rose re: Deaf & Dumb of
Australia, 1903 (NAA)
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52. Dictation Test, Alleged Prohibited Immigrant, Sydney
Morning Herald, 21st November 1928
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53. DAVE EARL
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