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The gold rush of the early 1850s in Victoria. was responsible for large numbers of immigrants making their way into Victoria. the majority of these immigrants were Chinese from the south of China. Political upheaval and natural disasters had cause great poverty in the homeland. The Chinese immigrants referred to the goldfields as the 'New Gold Mountain'.

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