To earn money
The Chinese were attracted to Australia because of the gold rush.
Chinese in the 1850s were lured to Australia by the goldrushes.
Well in 1851 there were about 40,000 chinese in Australia...
yes it was called australia new gold mountain
to get there share in gold
Golad rush
The Chinese government wanted gold so that they could make China a rich country
25000
The Chinese had to pay a levey of 10 pounds for every Chinese person that landed in Victoria.
The Chinese travelled by ship to Australia, then walked the many long miles to the goldfields.
the chinese first came to australia in 1812. This is the first recorded visit to australia. they then migrated to australia for the gold rushes in the mid 1850's
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.