Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, c1870s

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Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: But anti-Chinese agitation flared up again in 1870's - this time on the newly-discovered Queensland goldfields . . . Map on left is of Queensland: Palmer Goldfield, Hodgkinson gold field. In 1877, there were 17,000 Chinese on the Palmer field compared with 1,400 whites. Markings: 7. Used as a teaching aid.

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