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Post by NZBC on Dec 2, 2007 17:37:32 GMT 12
www.gumsan.com.au/chineseheritagecentre.htmWelcome to Gum San - Chinese Heritage Centre Imagine life during Ararat's early beginnings and the excitement of the Chinese immigrants who discovered one of the world's richest shallow alluvial goldfields.
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Post by NZBC on Dec 2, 2007 17:39:03 GMT 12
Ararat Chinese Heritage Society
The Ararat Chinese Heritage Society was formed in 1985. The committee was established to help Ararat celebrate Victoria's 150th anniversary by commemorating the role of Chinese miners in the settlement of Ararat. The society was instrumental in winning sister city status with Taishan in Guangdong province. In 1989 the Gum San Trust was formed to commence fundraising in earnest for the Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre. The Trust and the Society worked tirelessly for eleven years, fundraising and planning for the construction of the Gum San Chinese Heritage Centre. The result is one of remarkable community dedication.
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Post by NZBC on Dec 2, 2007 17:51:51 GMT 12
www.sbs.com.au/gold/story.html?storyid=56Anti-Chinese riots and rorts Chinese diggers were subject to growing resentment on the gold fields. European miners were angered by an increasing Chinese presence in the fields, and on several occasions violently lashed out at the Chinese camps in an attempt to drive them away. In some instances, full scale rioting resulted as angry Europeans attacked the Chinese diggers in "roll ups". Colonial authorities were at a loss to control the violence. In 1855, a member of the Castlemaine bench stated: "All men here are equal; they come here from all parts of the world in equality, and you have no right to drive any away because they do not work as you please". However, by 1858, one of many petitions signed by large numbers of miners stated that the Chinese were "a very ineligible class of immigrant".
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