Laws directly aimed at restricting the influx of Chinese were passed in New South Wales in 1881 and 1887…
1840 - 1900
Aboriginal protection legislation passed by NSW Parliament. New South Wales gold rushes and Robertson Land Acts. Development of urban and regional industries with migrant workers. Moves to federate Australian colonies.
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The trunk is historically significant as an object directly related to the journey of a German migrant of the late 19th century from Hamburg to South Australia and then to the Riverina.
Discover the Race to the Australian Goldfields board game c.1850s where travellers race to get bags of gold – or fail in the Australian gold rush.
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 cell door from Berrima Gaol where German POWs were interred between 1915-1918.
Discover the tenor horn used in the German Brass Band at Jindera NSW between 1880 and 1910. The Jindera Brass Band tenor horn is associated with the second phase of German settlement in the Riverina.
The prison record is historically significant as it provides material evidence and insight into the experience and activities of non-Anglo groups in colonial society.
The banner’s historic value lies in its relationship to the themes of the gold rush experience, racial antagonism, the fear of the exotic and unknown, and ideologies that culminated in the first act of the newly Federated Commonwealth of Australia, the 1901 Immigration Restriction Act.
The Gaol Cell Door is a part of a collection of objects integral to the fabric of the Trial Bay Gaol heritage site and provides the distinctive character of the place.
The lathe used by Trial Bay internees has aesthetic significance in the design and manufacture of toys for children interred at other internment camps.
