| Description |
x, 148 pages : illustrations, maps, music, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Includes index |
| Summary |
The discovery of gold attracted many migrants to Australia, but none seemed so strange, so outlandish, so distrubing as the Chinese. In this book the nameless faceless horde becomes an adventuros stream of country men from the Pearl River delta, dutiful husbands and sons trying to better their family fourtunes in the face of cicl war, currupt administration, avaricious moneylenders, drought and flood. The Chinese endured great hardship to reach the goldfields and, having got there, they faced misunderstanding and hatred. their lives on the diggings was harsh; few prospered; many died and most of the survivors paid off their debt and returned home |
| Analysis |
Australia - emigration & immigration |
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Australia - gold mining |
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Chinese immigrants. Australia. Gold fields, 1801-1900 |
| Notes |
Maps on lining papers |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 142-143 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Chinese -- Australia -- History.
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Chinese -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
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Chinese -- Australia.
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Foreign workers, Chinese -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
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Gold miners -- Victoria
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Gold miners -- Australia -- Victoria -- History -- 19th century.
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Gold miners -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- History.
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Gold mines and mining -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Gold discoveries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005926
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Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Emigration and immigration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005907
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| LC no. |
82104773 |
| ISBN |
0908128169 |
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