Golden Threads: The Chinese in Regional New South Wales, 1850-1950Tells the story of the Chinese people who came to settle in, New South Wales, from the first arrvials in the early 1800s, through the turbulent goldrush years and into the 20th century. Through their compelling stories and the many documents and objects that survive in museums and family collections across the state, Golden threats explores their experiences, working lives, hopes and beliefs, and the attitudes of white Australia whichviewed the Chinese at one extreme as a menacing threat and at the other, an exotic presence --Back cover. |
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| Title | Golden Threads: The Chinese in Regional New South Wales, 1850-1950 ERA Collection 2003-2008 |
| Author | Janis Wilton |
| Photographs by | Janis Wilton |
| Contributor | New England Regional Art Museum |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | New England Regional Art Museum, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 186317107X, 9781863171076 |
| Length | 132 pages |
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