Asian Studies Program
Chinese Australia
About the Chinese in Australia
This page is designed to provide people with little or no
knowledge of Chinese involvement in Australia's history with
an introduction to this fascinating area of Australia's history.
It also introduces some resources to assist explore this area
further.
brief history of the Chinese in
Australia
This history also introduces information
and resources available on the rest of the Chinese Heritage
of Australian Federation website.
links
to other useful websites related to Chinese Australian studies
Of particular interest is the Harvest
of Endurance Scroll which provides a more detailed history
of the Chinese in Australia than above. Further useful links
can be found in the Links
database.
additional reading
Selected reading on the history of the
Chinese in different parts of Australia. Further useful reading
can be found in the Chinese
Australian History Resources Database.
historical
backgrounds
These are a collection of short background
pieces on elements of Australia's Chinese heritage. These
histories are used to provide contextual information to the
'stories' and 'digitised historical documents' on the website.
They are also used in a number of the lesson plans.
Chinese
names
A brief discussion of why a Chinese individual
may have a number of names or have their name spelt differently.
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