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CONTRIBUTION OF CHINESE SETTLERS TO AUSTRALIA
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Fix this textA GENERAL HISTORY
Fix this textAustralia today is one of the most cosmopolitan countries in
Fix this textthe world. Following the influx of J.l million people from
Fix this text100 different countries and locations around the world in the
Fix this textpast 23 years Australia today is the newest nation on earth.
Fix this textThis is because shortly half the population will be under 23
Fix this textyears of age and one Australian in three is a product one way
Fix this textor another of post-war migration.
Fix this textSo it is fitting and appropriate that the newest people in
Fix this textthe world, the Australians of the 1970®5, should embrace in
Fix this textthe Family of the Nation members of one of the oldest people
Fix this textin the world, the Chinese.
Fix this textChina indeed is one of the oldest homes of mankind with
Fix this textarchaeological evidence pointing to 400,000 years ago, and
Fix this textChinese civilization itself dating back more than 3,700 years.
Fix this textHow great the contrast when we come to Australia to which our
Fix this textfirst Aboriginal people came 40,000 years ago and the present
Fix this textnation had its genesis less than two centuries ago.
Fix this textI wanted to trace the links between Australia and China.
Fix this textThe earliest links are shrouded in the mists of time. Xtl
Fix this textthe many centuries of Chinese history it has been postulated
Fix this textthat wandering junks from China established contact with the
Fix this textgreat southland that has become Australia.
Fix this textA study of cartography indicates that the existence of
Fix this textAustralia was recognised long before our records tell of
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Fix this textPerhaps in China®s pigeon holes of history there lies the
Fix this textstory of the first contact by outsiders with the last continent.
Fix this textI believe there is room for research to establish once and
Fix this textfor all whether there was a Chinese Captain Cook.
Fix this textBut we do know that almost from the beginning there were
Fix this textChinese who had found their way to the infant colony
Fix this textestablished in 1?88.
Fix this textWithin 30 years of our foundation, Chinese settlers were
Fix this textbeing brought to Australia to work as shepherds on the
Fix this textgreat sheepruns each as big as a European kingdom.
Fix this textThese first Chinese settlers came from Amoy in the Hokkien
Fix this textspeech area of Fukien province. An entire shipload arrived
Fix this textfrom Amoy in 1848 and others followed at regular intervals.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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