Kirkman, Noreen (1993) From minority to majority: Chinese on the Palmer River gold-field, 1873-1876. In: Reynolds, Henry, (ed.) Race Relations in North Queensland. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia, pp. 243-257.

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Gold on the Palmer River and the series of rushes which resulted from 1873 attracted a large influx of Chinese initially from the southern colonies and then in thousands directly from China in numbers unprecedented in the Australian colonies. By the close of 1876 Chinese merchants and miners numbered 18,000, 90% of the total population. As the gold field administration was unable with the sheer pace of the incoming population, legislation was passed to prevent Chinese from mining on new gold fields.

Item ID:	26810
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Later Edition)
ISBN:	978-0-86443-484-5
Keywords:	Palmer River, Chinese; gold fields
Date Deposited:	22 Jul 2013 03:47
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