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The Mongolian Octopus: his grip on Australia 1886

By
Phil May
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[MDQ079/39 ( Digital Order no: a5893001)]
(The Bulletin, 21 August 1886 )

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May, Phil

State Library of New South Wales

Chinese

Chinese settlers arrived in Sydney from 1818 and their compatriots followed, especially after gold was discovered in New South Wales. Despite harrassment from governments and intimidation from other Sydneysiders, Chinese immigrants continued to come and to stay throughout the 19th century, until the relaxation of racist laws in the mid-20th century. With renewed Chinese immigration in the 21st century, Sydney's Chinese community is rapidly changing.

Epidemics

From the new European diseases that devastated Sydney's Aboriginal people in the eighteenth century, through subsequent epidemics of measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, influenza and HIV, Sydney has faced major threats from epidemic disease. Religion, media, and public health responses influenced the degree of panic and scapegoating that took place, though effective treatments were not in place until well into the twentieth century.

The Bulletin

Australia's longest-running magazine, published in Sydney from 1880, became a conduit between rural Australia and the cities, and provided an outlet for the work of many of Sydney's best known writers and artists.

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The Bulletin

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Weekly magazine influential in Australian literature and culture, particularly before World War I.