1 October 1892: Trades Hall Representatives Evaluate Chinese Immigrants At Customs

Title

1 October 1892: Trades Hall Representatives Evaluate Chinese Immigrants At Customs

Subject

Trades Hall representatives along with customs officials evaluating a Chinese immigrant, superimposed with a picture of Harry Wallaston, then Secretary of the Victorian Trade and Customs Department. The only policy which unified all the trade unions before Federation was support for a White Australia Policy.

Description

Engraved cartoon published in the Illustrated Australian News in 1892.

Creator

George Rossi Ashton

Source

Illustrated Australian News

Publisher

State Library of Victoria

Date

01/10/1892

Contributor

Nathaniel Cutter

Rights

Public Domain

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Engraving

Identifier

http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/255384

Files

Trades Hall Representatives Investigating Chinese Migrant.jpg

Citation

George Rossi Ashton, “1 October 1892: Trades Hall Representatives Evaluate Chinese Immigrants At Customs,” THE VICTORIAN TRADES HALL: AN ARCHIVAL HISTORY, accessed May 2, 2024, https://bpeddlesdenweds2.omeka.net/items/show/28.

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