Gold mining, illicit
Date Published
: legal restictions, Mining (gold fields), discrimination / racism
: Gulf Country (Qld & NT)
: Georgetown
: 1899
Images of Chinese miners without licences.
Three images, possibly of the same man are captioned: Cradling: Who there! ; Going for water ; Cradling, All Li.
William Lees, The goldfields of Queensland. Croydon and the Etheridge goldfields, Brisbane: Outridge Printing Co., 1899.
In the midst of a text on the goldfields around Croydon and Georgetown, appears a montage of photos mixing some specific to Chinese gold miners with some scenic ones and one of a group of Aboriginal people. The images are not referenced in the text and appear to be a reproduction of a kind of postcard. The text reads "Chinaman Illicit mining: without a licence on the Etheridge".
Three images, possibly of the same man are captioned: Cradling: Who there! ; Going for water ; Cradling, All Li.
Source: William Lees, The goldfields of Queensland. Croydon and the Etheridge goldfields, Brisbane: Outridge Printing Co., 1899.
This "postcard" implies that gold mining by Chinese men without a license was widespread and well known. The relevant laws restricting Chinese gold miners in Queensland were not easy to enforce.
