Laws directly aimed at restricting the influx of Chinese were passed in New South Wales in 1881 and 1887…

The game has historic value as evidence of the prevailing view in the early 20th century of Australia’s ethnic purity and the desire to restrict Asians and Pacific Islanders from migrating there.

The opium tins are part of a larger collection of objects integral to the story of the Chinese on the goldfields and the establishment of regional Chinese communities.

Discover the Act passed in the New South Wales Parliament in 1881 to place restrictions on immigration of Chinese to the Colony.

Discover the Gold Miner’s Licence from the 1850s. Miner’s licences were hated by the diggers and this with other antagonisms with the government and police led to the famous Eureka Rebellion of 1854.

Discover the steelyard scales used by Chinese miners on the nineteenth century goldfields to weigh gold.

Discover the medal presented as a mark of esteem to Charles De Boos, Gold Fields Warden, from Chinese Miners in the Braidwood district in 1881.

The harrow is part of a series of regional collection of objects integral to the story of the Chinese on the goldfields, agriculture and the establishment of regional Chinese communities.