Who belongs?

reading identity, ownership, and legitimacy

Never fucking ever barrack for New Zealand in any sport #AustralianValues
Saying "is it hot enough for you?" as a form of greeting in summer. #AustralianValues
Being used as imperialist cannon-fodder. #AustralianValues
Finger wave when passing each other on long country highway; xenophobia #AustralianValues
Casual racism #AustralianValues

1901: Federation

aliens

naturalisation

1901: Federation

aliens

naturalisation

1901: Federation

immigrants

aliens

Word before aliens

enemy

Word before aliens

Word before aliens

pauper & destitute

undesirable

asiatic

colored

Word before immigrants

Word before immigrants

undesirable

prohibited

illegal

Word before immigrants

undesirable

prohibited

assisted

Word before immigrants

chinese

british

jewish

italian

Aliens in The Bulletin

colored, undesirable, yellow, & cheap

enemy

Aliens in Hansard

colored, undesirable, asiatic, & white

Bulletin

Hansard

“naturalised aliens”

1915

1930

1940

Word after aliens

restriction

registration

control

Alien registration records

More than 1 km in shelf space

White Australia Policy records

Fong Ling Sing sailed from Sydney in 1909 aboard the Empire, headed for China.

Ah Lee was a gardener & farmer who lived in Bowral New South Wales.

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Who belongs?

By Tim Sherratt

Who belongs?

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