Chinese become established as market gardeners, developing the banana industry. Western Australian Parliament passes legislation restricting Chinese immigration and excluding Chinese from the newly discovered goldfields in the Kimberley. The Bulletin in Sydney launches a full-scale campaign against Chinese immigration. Assisted immigration to New South Wales ceases. Victorian Board for the Protection of Aborigines is empowered to apprentice Aboriginal children when they reach 13.
Children require permission to visit their families on the stations.
Western Australian Aborigines Protection Board is established. In Brisbane publication begins of the Boomerang newspaper, which takes a strong anti-Chinese line. Inter-Colonial Conference in Sydney recommends uniform legislation virtually prohibiting Chinese immigration. Chinese passengers are prevented from disembarking in Victoria and New South Wales. New South Wales reintroduces restrictions on Chinese immigration.