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How many nationalities came to the Australian Gold Rush?
Most people on the goldfields were from European origin.there were many nationalities including Irish,English and the Chinese.
What was the cause for the Chinese immigration to Australia?
The Chinese primarily came to Australia because of the goldrushes. The Australian goldrush started in the 1850s, and it was then that large numbers of Chinese began immigrating to Australia, to Melbourne and Sydney first, then out to the goldfields. In many gold boom towns, once the gold ran out, the Chinese who did not return to their homeland went into business in the local towns.
How many chinese came to victoria between 1851 and 1861?
The richest goldfields were located in Victoria which is why the Chinese migrated there. Between the years 1851 and 1861 almost 30,000 Chinese migrated to Victoria.
What happened to the Chinese after the Australian gold rush ended?
Many of the Chinese returned to their home country and their fsmilies with their gold. Many others stayed on in Australia to set up businesses in the towns that sprang up around the goldfields.
How did the Chinese get to the gold field?
The Chinese travelled by ship to Australia, then walked the many long miles to the goldfields.
Who went to the goldfields?
People from other countries came to Australia in their thousands to participate in the gold rush. Enormous numbers of immigrants, especially Chinese, came, while the gold also attracted immigrants from many other European countries and the Americas as well.In Australia itself, people from all walks of life came to the goldfields. Many men who worked on the farms, sheep and cattle stations simply downed their tools and left. Workers, owners, roustabouts, stockmen, jackaroos - they left their jobs for the lure of the goldfields. In the cities, business owners, tradespeople and common labourers all left their workplaces to try their luck on the goldfields.
Where were the Australian goldfields in 1850's?
In Beechworth Mostley in Woolshed Falls and in many other places around Australia.
How many Chinese went to the Australian gold rush?
According to the website below, over 40,000 Chinese came to Australia for the Australian goldrushes. During the decades that made up the bulk of the goldrush years, between 1852 and 1889, there were 40,721 Chinese miners (and their families) who arrived in Australia.
Were the Chinese successful gold miners in the Australian gold rush?
Yes, the Chinese were very successful gold miners in the gold rush, and this is one of the reasons why they were disliked so much. They were successful at finding gold, but were not accepted by Australian society. During the gold rushes, the Chinese kept to themselves. They were shunned by Australians because the Chinese were much harder-working, and subsequently tended to find more gold. They were resented for this, and for the fact that Australians just did not understand their language. Australians tended to regard the Chinese as secretive, and btherefore a threat. The Chinese often sent the gold they found back to their own country, and Australians did not appreciate the wealth being sent out of their own country. For this reason, groups of Australians would sometimes turn on the Chinese, injuring and even killing them. The Chinese were often subjected to being scalped, and their possessions wrecked or looted. The goldfields were not safe places for the Chinese - simply because they had a better work ethic.
Why did many Chinese immigrate to the US?
Many Chinese came to the United States to escape famine.
How did people get to the Australian gold rush?
Most people who left the cities for the goldfields travelled by horse and cart. A few took the coach, but this was not common. Many simply walked.
What was life like for the Chinese children on the Australian goldfields?
The Australian gold fields were rife with racism and xenophobia. because of the differences between the cultures of the Europeans and the Chinese there would have been little contact between Chinese and European children. In any case there were very few children brought along from China because it took a lot of saving for a Chinese person to get to Australia. he was even charged extra to enter the country. I am not Chinese and I arrived in Australia in 1958 I did not speak a word of English when I got here from Holland, luckily I was white and looked European so most of the time I did not get bulled by the Australian kids. this would have often been the problem in those early days as well. The Chinese kids would have had the problem of always looking different and having to learn to put up with the bigotry that remained a big part of Australian culture. This is why to this day there are still many Chinese community's found all over Australia.
