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Welcome parade - celebrations of nationhood (Slide 8)

Andrew Jakubowicz.

At the end of 1901, when the Immigration Restriction Act barred further migration, there were some 2,500 living in Melbourne of a State population of 7,500. In May these 'citizens' constructed a celebratory archway, one of many gracing city intersections and welcoming to the royal visit that marked the opening of the Australia's first national Parliament.

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04 February 2009

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At the end of 1901, when the Immigration Restriction Act barred further migration, there were some 2,500 living in Melbourne of a State population of 7,500. In May these ‘citizens’ constructed a celebratory archway, one of many gracing city intersections and welcoming to the royal visit that marked the opening of the Australia’s first national Parliament. Three ceremonial dragons paraded through the city streets – a highlight of the celebrations of nationhood, according to the Melbourne Argus – and Loong, some 90 metres in length and the largest of them all came from Bendigo, not Melbourne.

State Library of Victoria collections
Chinese arch and procession picture
Accession H96.160/651 [Image Number: cc001003]
Chinese citizens arch for the Royal Visit
Photograph: gelatin silver, Harvie & Sutcliffe, 1901