Why Did Chinese Immigrate To Australia
. They came to work in Victorias gold fields so they could make money to send back to their families. They also sent money back to their families in China.
But that was the case for the many Chinese people who came to Australia around the same time. Chinese miners are using a sluice box and puddling mill to search for gold while another miner at left has a massage for relief after physically demanding work. During the 1850s tens-of-thousands of Chinese immigrants travelled here by boat.
The central composition depicts Chinese workers clearing bushland to makeroom for growing settlements.
So when Shying left Australia to return to China for a number of years the land he had purchased was re-allocated to his wife. After Chinese immigrants Indians represent the second largest group of new immigrants. In this scene Chinese labourers in search of work walk along a winding country road past bullock teams. At the time China was.
