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White nationalists in Australia recall the Eureka Rebellion and the eventual implementation of Victoria's Chinese poll tax in 1855 as a milestone in the formation of the 1901 Immigration Restriction Act that enshrined the White Australia Policy of the 20th century. The Australia First Party has adopted the Eureka Flag as an official logo. Many, including Peter Fitzsimons, have criticised such use by "those who ludicrously brandish it as a symbol of white Australia".[1] However, the Lambing Flat banner that features the Southern Cross superimposed over a Saint Andrew's cross with the inscription "ROLL UP. ROLL UP. NO CHINESE".[2] It has been claimed that the banner, which served as an advertisement for a public meeting that presaged the Lambing Flat riots, was inspired by the Eureka Flag.[3] Nationalists have also maintained an oral tradition where the Eureka Flag was seen again on display outside NSW parliament house in 1878 at a protest brought about by the use of Chinese labour on ships at Circular Quay. Another flag similar to the Eureka Flag was seen prominently flown over a camp during the 1894 Australian shearers' strike at Barcaldine, Queensland.[4][5]
- ^ Fitzsimons 2012, p. 617.
- ^ Cayley 1966, p. 80.
- ^ Smith 1975a, p. 78.
- ^ Gold 1977, pp. 92–93.
- ^ Kieza 2014, p. 301.