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"The Small-pox Scare in Sydney." Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier, July 9, 1881.
Part of a cartoon summarising the events of the outbreak. Blame was widely placed on Sydney's Chinese population.
"The Chinese and Small-pox." Herald, May 28, 1881.
An editorial attacking Chinese immigrants. It was widely believed that the Chinese were harbingers of transmissible diseases due to their 'dirtiness'.
"Small-pox in Sydney." Evening News, May 26, 1881.
A newspaper article reporting on the first suspected smallpox case. The victim was the child of a prominent Chinese merchant.