Chinese Down-Under

<p>For over three hundred years people of Chinese heritage have influenced Australia - quietly profoundly and in countless ways. That influence continues today.</p><p><strong>Chinese Down-Under</strong> tells the compelling story of Chinese migration to Australia and the enduring legacy created by those who arrived settled struggled and contributed to a developing nation.</p><p></p><p>The book explores:</p><ul><li><strong>Early Chinese migration</strong> including life on the goldfields the hardships endured and the resilience required to survive in a foreign land</li><li><strong>Remarkable Chinese-Australians</strong> who helped shape the nation including <em>Mei Quong Tart</em> born in China's Canton Province in 1850 and later mourned by thousands in Sydney - Chinese and European alike</li><li><strong>Extraordinary and lesser-known figures</strong> such as <em>Sam Poo</em> a Chinese-born bushranger executed in 1865 and <em>Wang Cai</em> who left his family farm in Shandong Province in the 1850s and lived out his life in Australia over seventy years</li><li><strong>Contemporary voices</strong> featuring interviews with modern Chinese-Australians from diverse backgrounds sharing what they value - and challenge - about life in Australia today</li></ul><p></p><p>Rich with hundreds of historical facts and personal stories <em>Chinese Down-Under</em> is both <strong>informative and accessible</strong> celebrating one of Australia's most significant - and often under-recognised - influences.</p><p>This work fills an important gap in Australian history by acknowledging what has arguably been China's greatest and most enduring export to Australia: <strong>its people</strong>.</p><p>(Rights have been sold in China)</p>