Gifts to non-Chinese

Members of the Chinese community frequently presented special gifts to retiring or moving members of officialdom in gratitude to perceived good treatment.

Chinese people as a community needed to deal with officials and as in China it was common to present such officials with a kind of gift on their retirement or leaving the district. Banners were one such form of gift such as those presented to Stretton and Strangman, both Northern Territory officials. A gold medal was presented to Charles De Boos when ceased acting as a Gold Fields Warden in Braidwood. A Melbourne Mayor was presented with a full-length portrait done by a Chinese artist in the "European" style and a NSW member of Parliament was presented with an illuminated address for his assistance in passing a law restricting opium.