Gold and the Chinese: Racism, Riots and Protest on the Australian Goldfields

Gold and the Chinese is the story of the Chinese on the Australian goldfields: the abuse, misunderstanding, and discrimination against them and how these anti-Chinese sentiments led to institutionalised racism.

Marji Hill, the author of more than 70 publications, tells:

• about the Asian visitors to Australia who were part of a great north-south trade route stretching from China to Australia and back.

• about the arrival of the Chinese, who contributed greatly to the Australian story, but whose m...