The use of Chinese labour did not seem to be an option, as they soon deceased during the construction of the first railway. "The recruitment of yellow people must also be rejected as impracticable because the Asians are not resistant to excavation work".
NAB, Archives of the Council of Ministers. Notules of the meetings, 12 July 1926 (Jaspar government), p. 4.
NAB, Archives of the Council of Ministers. Notules of the meetings, 12 July 1926 (Jaspar government), p. 4.
