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Chinese Anti-Poll Tax

Published Resources

Books

  • Clark, C. M. H., A history of Australia, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1968. Details
  • Meng, L. Kong, Cheok Hong Cheong, and Louis Ah Mouy, The Chinese question, F. F. Bailliere, Melbourne, 1879. Details
  • Serle, Geoffrey, The golden age: a history of the colony of Victoria, 1851-1861, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1963. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • 'Chinese Capitation Tax', Portland Guardian, 16 April 1863. Details
  • 'The Chinese and the residence ticket', Mount Alexander Mail, 4 June 1859. Details
  • 'The Chinese agitation', Mount Alexander Mail, 25 May 1859. Details
  • Alloo, John, 'A Chinaman's protest against the Chinese tax', Argus, 4 August 1857. Details

Reports

  • Anderson, Hugh, Report from the commission appointed to inquire into the condition of the goldfields to His Excellency Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.B. Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Victoria, Red Rooster Press, Melbourne, 1978. Details