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“Discovery of a Chinese Patient at Druitt Town,” Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, July 16, 1881.
An illustration encapsulating treatment of Chinese immigrants suspected of carrying smallpox. Violence against Sydney's Chinese became increasingly popular during the outbreak.
"Portrait of unidentified Chinese fruit and vegetable hawker with baskets of produce," c. 1895, National Library of Australia [nla.pic-an24615958]
Chinese immigrants frequently worked as fruit and vegetable hawkers. This eventually became a commonly held stereotype.
Smallpox Hotspots Map ("City of Sydney & Suburbs, 1887," Historical Atlas of Sydney).
The five highlighted areas accounted for 66% of all smallpox cases and 68% of all deaths during the outbreak. They were overwhelmingly occupied by some of the city's poorest residents.