Illustration showing a large crowd with about twenty men standing on a stage in a central position and holding a banner that says, 'The Chinese must go'.
Protest march and sea of hands from the great anti-Chinese agitation. State Library of NSW, F8/48-F8/49
Cartoon showing five women on the edge of a cliff representing the states of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland holding up a Federation sign while holding off a Chinese man represented by an oversized Chinese man's head with the words, 'the Chinese pest' tattooed to his forehead.
Cartoon of the state of Victoria urging the Federation to get rid of the 'Chinese pest' Melbourne Punch, 10 May 1888. State Library of NSW FA827/1
Cartoon showing a mean-looking Chinese octopus. His eight tentacles are tightly gripped around various Europeans and are labelled cheap labour, pak ah-pu (a gambling game), immorality. smallpox and typhoid, oium, bribery, fan-tan (another gambling game) and customs robbery.
The Mongolian Octopus - his grip on Australia. Phil May, The Bulletin, 21 August 1886. State Library of NSW F079/51
Front cover of a book called 'The Chinese question in Australia 1878-79'. Other text reads, 'edited by L Kong Meng, Cheok Hong Cheong, Louis Ah Mouy'
The Chinese Question in Australia, Lowe Kong Meng, 1888. State Library of Victoria

Click on the image to read an extract from The Chinese Question.

Finally, this newspaper article from 12 June 1880 is about Chinese life in Sydney1. What is the writer’s opinion of the Chinese?