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The Chinese Immigration to Australia- Questions & Answers
The Chinese Immigration to Australia- Questions & Answers
Chinese Immigration
What is main reason Chinese to immigrate to Australia?
Chinese first settled in Australia for the gold rush.
What type of transport did the Chinese use to come to Australia?
The Chinese people had used to ships to immigrate to Australia. We know this because they had to pay for their voyages they had used.
How many people came in the first immigration to Australia?
The many few that first immigrated to Australia was first recorded in 1827 but not mentioned in numbers.
When was the large group of Chinese that came?
The large group of Chinese that came to Australia was mainly for the gold rush in 1850s.
Why did Europeans let Chinese people to live in Australia?
The Europeans let the Chinese people stay in Australia so they can dig for gold in the gold rush period.
Why did Europeans let the Chinese people do what ever they want?
Europeans left the Chinese people in that time to do anything they want. They had access to supplies from market gardens and their own stores. Basically they were left alone to live in their own communities in those times.
What problems were created affected the Chinese?
By discovering gold, a few Europeans attacked the Chinese by stealing their gold, belongings and also destroying their tents. Also another major problem that occurred, the first riot of six occurred with 3000 European workers equipped with weapons and destroyed one of the Chinese camp located at Lambing Flat.
How did they solve these problems that were created?
Few of the Chinese had travelled back to China, but many had stayed and played important roles as storekeepers, market gardeners and furniture makers
How many Chinese people immigrate to Australia for the goldrush?
The number of Chinese people that immigrated to Australia we about 7000 people.
Where did the Chinese first settle in Australia?
The Chinese came in large numbers, attracted to the goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.
What type of people came to Australia?
The type of people that came to Australia were mainly labors.
What type of job/work did these Chinese people do after settling into Australia?
These Chinese came ad indentured labourers, due to the reason of having to work to pay off the cost of their voyage
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The Chinese Immigration to Australia- Questions & Answers
What was so good about the Australian gold rush?
The Australian gold rush did not have any affect to the national economy and development. But it was a time where people were ego to get gold.
How did Chinese live their lives after the restrictions and laws that were passed out in the late 1855?
The other new Chinese immigrants that wanted to come but did not enter Australia due to immigration and Chinese targeted laws. They faced hardship upon the gold fielders.
How did the Chinese contribute to the nation’s growth in that period of time?
The Chinese didn’t do much contribution to the nation’s growth in that period of time, what they did instead is that they sent it to China and increase China’s growth.
How did the Chinese create a good social network?
They created a good social network by gaining access to gold digging, farming, and also their own stores for marketing.
Why did they choose Australia?
The Chinese had chosen Australia for a better life after the wars they had faced before immigration and also for the gold rush.
What impacts did the Chinese have in the Australian society?
The Chinese people that impacted in the Australian society was the riots and raids that occurred because of eagerness.
What impacts did the Chinese have in the Australian economy?
The Chinese helped Australia grow in economy. The gold rush in Australia made the world in economic depression in that gold rush period.
What contributions did the Chinese community make in the development of Australia?
The Chinese community had contributed to make the country grow economically. They had helped from goldfields, to the Overland Telegraph, the sugar cane fields, vineyards and construction sites through farms, fashion, cafes and many other business.
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