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Chinese Down-Under: Chinese People in Australia, Their History Here, and Their Influence, Then and Now
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For three hundred years the Chinese have influenced Australia - in a million ways... and it continues to today. It is a fascinating story of a race transference and heritage from China to Australia.

The book covers the following;

Early migration to Australia of Chinese people, including their life and hardships on the goldfields.

Chinese-Australians who influenced the growth of Australia, such as; Mei Quong Tart, born in Chinas Canton province in 1850, who, when he died in Sydney, was mourned by thousands, both Chinese and Westerners. It also documents other interesting characters like, Sam Poo, a Chinese born bushranger, who in 1865 went to the gallows for murdering a police officer, and highway robbery. Follow the life of young Chinese man, Wang Cai, who came to Australia in the 1850s, leaving his family farm in the Shandong Province, up to his death in Australia, some seventy years later. There are many such tales.

Interviews with current day Chinese-Australians from all vocations and societal levels, discussing what they like and dont like about Australia.

The work is populated with literally hundreds of interesting historical facts, and is a celebration of Chinese-Australian relationships, is easy reading, entertaining, and informative. It has filled an important role in Australian/Chinese history in terms of Chinas biggest, and certainly their most important export - her people.

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Heart Space Publications

PO Box 1085

Daylesford

Victoria

3460

Australia

Tel +61 450260348

www.heartspacebooks.com

All rights reserved under international copyright conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recorded or otherwise without written permission from Heartspace Publications or Pat Grayson.

Whilst every care has been taken to check the accuracy of the information in this book, the publisher cannot be held responsible for any errors, omissions or originality.

Published in 2018 at Melbourne

ISBN 978-0-9944028-6-8
ISBN 978-0-6486524-7-2 (e-book)

Testimonial

China Down Under is an insightful work addressing the ties between two interesting and culturally fascinating countries. It certainly addressed some topical issues, such as attitudes, commercial contributions and the tourism between the two. As someone who has never visited either countries, I really enjoyed the book as it was easy to read and informative. The headings instead of chapters worked really well and I also really liked the creative stories to break up the tone.

Maddy McGlynn (editor/proof reader; UK)

Introduction

I was chatting to publishing friends in China and they asked me if I had any books on China. What me? You are the Chinese people Im Australian, remember. Then I asked, What sort of books are you looking for? They replied, A book on Chinese people living in Australia and what their impressions are. After all, Australia and China are nearly neighbours, with just some sea between us. Oh, was all I said at the time, but the idea grew on me.

Of course, one must remember that the Chinese came to Australia long before any white people did, some say as early as the 1400s. They came to trade with the indigenous people of Australia and also sought minerals.

The first officially recorded Chinese immigrant that came to Australia in 1818 was called Mak Sai Ying, and, like many other Chinese immigrants, became a wealthy businessman. However, it is probable that there were many more here unofficially. Even now, China is Australias largest trading partner, contributing to roughly thirty-two percent of the Australian trade (2017). The trade does not only come from China, as Australia offers China many products in return such as coal, iron ore, produce and technology. In 2017, China took seventy percent of Australias wool. Australia also offers knowledge to China, like the collaboration between our two countries in the film industry, whereby Chinas massively growing film industry (which will soon be one of the largest in the world) has derived great benefit from the knowledge and support of Australian filmmakers.

Perhaps the biggest trade between our two countries is that of people. Last year, from Beijing alone, there were 1.6 million tourists who came to Australia. It goes both ways, as China was the second largest destination for Australian tourists, all going to see that marvelous country. Moreover, of the 500,000 international students who come to Australia to study each year, 10% are from China (with many ultimately becoming Australian citizens) and this figure is growing.

As a point of interest, international students (not only Chinese) studying in Australia, and the money they bring through living costs and education, accounts for Australias third largest industry.

Of course, as the idea of this book took hold, I learnt all about Chinese-Australians and their contribution to this country. Below, you will learn of Chinese-Australians who fought in the great wars that Australia was involved in many were heroes of great courage. There are interviews of Chinese-Australians or Chinese people who have lived here, who all shared their time and knowledge. The fascinating history of the early gold rush days is a given, as is Chinese involvement and contribution. Included are biographies of Chinese-Australians: a fashion designer, a dancer, a scientists, itinerate workers, a teacher, a heart transplant doctor, politicians and many who have had great success in their vocations. Nevertheless, not all are heroes or to be adulated, such as Sam Poo, a notorious bushranger of the early days, or the Chinese Triads who suck blood wherever they can.

This is an eclectic book, covering many topics and written with the Chinese reader in mind. We cover many of the Australian animals that grace this land, animals that put fear into those early Chinese visitors. Also covered is the relationship between the early Chinese and the first Australians (the Australian Aboriginals) and the partnerships they had in friendship, business and marriage. In addition, of course, we look at some of the Chinese reformers. It is of racialism and compassion, of poverty and riches, but most of all it is about the people. Australian people. Chinese people. Chinese-Australians. Nor could we forget the Chinese mother working long hours so her son or daughter can be educated, the Chinese student, Chinese shopkeeper all who are determined to make a life in Australia for themselves and their family.

For any historian writing about the development of Australia (not that I am a historian, I am just fascinated), it would be incomplete if they did not include the contribution to Australia by Chinese people. In these pages, you will read about the early visits of Chinese people to Australia, and the importation of Chinese labour to Australia throughout the last 300 years.

Some of the topics covered in this book are: the gold rush days, the White Australian Policy, Chinatowns in Australia, Chinese organized Crime, Chinese-Australian arts, Chinese New Year in Australia, Chinese Investment in Australia and of Chinese business, the Chinese contribution to Australia, Chinese-Australian sporting exchanges, Chinese-Australians serving in the Australian armed forces, the story of Wang Cai (an immigrant in the 1850s), Australia in fifty years time, the Chinese relationship with Indigenous Australians, conducted interviews with Chinese-Australians and much more.

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My life is one of wandering, and this probably shows in my writing of this book. Although I made it as a lineal as my wandering mind, no doubt that its meander covers seemingly unconnected topics. This book though is not a literary masterpiece, nor is it academic, and much of it is it based on newspaper reports of the periods. When I started to write this, I did not consider myself an expert on Chinese-Australians, and after finishing it, I still do not regard myself and an expert. It is written to entertain and inform. There are no chapters in this book, just topics in no particular order of importance.

I loved writing this book, and when I started out on this journey I never realised how absorbed or how much fun I would have in reading and learning through that research. I loved it because it is about people more than it is about things, and the more I wrote, or the more I researched, and the more interviews I did, the more I became enthralled. Perhaps you will be as enthralled as I was.

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This book is to bring people together, in oneness of the Australian nationality. However, the very fact that I talk about Chinese-Australians, First Nations people, European-Australians or African-Australians means that I am guilty of categorising through labels. It is not my intention to separate heritage through labels and for that I apologise I do not mean to elevate or devalue any Australian, irrespective of the heritage. Nevertheless, for this book to be effective and to highlight the Chinese contribution to Australia, I do have to talk about heritage through the medium of labels, specifically Chinese-Australians.

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