1870s
From 1875 all Australian colonies enacted legislation that excluded all further Chinese immigration. Existing Chinese residents were not expelled and retained the same rights as before. In 1876 Queensland imposed a £10 tax on Chinese migrants. The Chinese Immigrants Regulation Act 1877 (Qld) outlined that the tax would be returned to Chinese migrants if they left the country within three years of their arrival. Queensland also outlawed Chinese mining for gold in abandoned claims until three years after the claim had been given up.
