New Chums
A Chinese funeral in Cooktown, Queensland in the 1890s. from Wikimedia Commons
The Australian gold rushes brought people from all over the world to Australia. Read about the "new chums" on p2-3 of the following document from the Department of Primary Industries.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/109917/life-on-the-goldfields-living-there.pdf
The file below, from the Eureka Centre, lists the nationalities at the Eureka stockade
People came from all over the world to the Australian gold rushes - download and read Nationalities at Eureka
One of the larger groups were the Chinese. They stood out from the other miners because they looked and dressed very differently from the other miners. Their differences made them the victims of discriminiation.
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/109917/life-on-the-goldfields-living-there.pdf
The file below, from the Eureka Centre, lists the nationalities at the Eureka stockade
People came from all over the world to the Australian gold rushes - download and read Nationalities at Eureka
One of the larger groups were the Chinese. They stood out from the other miners because they looked and dressed very differently from the other miners. Their differences made them the victims of discriminiation.
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chinese_gold_miners.docx | |
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Use the links below to answer the questions from the worksheet above.
http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/harvest_of_endurance_html_version/explore_the_scroll/australian_gold_rush/
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/goldchinese.htm
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambing_Flat
http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/harvest_of_endurance_html_version/explore_the_scroll/australian_gold_rush/
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/goldchinese.htm
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambing_Flat