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The smallpox outbreak catalysed efforts to restrict Chinese immigration to the colony on a parliamentary level, culminating in the Influx of Chinese Restriction Act 1881. There was significant debate surrounding the particulars of this bill. This…

A letter to the editor arguing against compulsory vaccination.

An editorial attacking Chinese immigrants. It was widely believed that the Chinese were harbingers of transmissible diseases due to their 'dirtiness'.

A newspaper article reporting on the first suspected smallpox case. The victim was the child of a prominent Chinese merchant.