Gold and the Chinese

ebook Racism, Riots and Protest on the Australian Goldfields · Gold! Hidden Stories of Australia's Past

By Marji Hill

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Gold and the Chinese is the story of the Chinese on the Australian goldfields: the abuse, misunderstanding, and discrimination against them and how these anti-Chinese sentiments led to institutionalised racism.


Marji Hill, the author of more than 70 publications, tells:


  • about the Asian visitors to Australia who were part of a great north-south trade route stretching from China to Australia and back.

  • about the arrival of the Chinese, who contributed greatly to the Australian story, but whose migration to the goldfields gave birth to racist, anti-Chinese sentiment.

  • why there was this ill-feeling towards the Chinese.
  • how the White Australia Policy was shaped by decades of anti-Chinese sentiment extending back to the goldfields.

  • about the stories of violence against the Chinese in Victoria's Buckland Valley and at Lambing Flat in New South Wales.

  • If you relish the uncovering of hidden stories, iconic episodes or truth-telling to do with Australia's past, then this beautifully illustrated book and the others in the series are for you.

    Gold and the Chinese