Towards the future
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Explore the scroll
- Before the gold rush
- Chinese workers
- Australian gold rush
- Chinese miners
- Anti-Chinese violence
- Lambing flat riots
- A safe haven
- Isolated and homesick
- Rise of merchants
- Market gardens and musicians
- Vendors and cooks
- Laundries and factories
- The general store
- Trouble in the homeland
- Opium
- Revolution in China
- Republican victory
- Healing the sick
- The strength of traditions
- Religion
- Developing the north
- Riverboat trade
- Entrepreneurs
- Politics and racism
- Invasion
- The support effort
- The Second World War
- The war effort
- The People's Republic of China
- Melbourne Olympics
- Colombo Plan
- Multiculturalism
- Professions
- Rising to the top
- Australia's Bicentenary
- Towards the future
- Final inscription
- How to read the scroll
- Creating the scroll
- The people
- Acknowledgements and bibliography
Towards the future
People are sitting and relaxing in the Friendship Garden at Darling Harbour in Sydney, a joint development of Guandong Province and the New South Wales Government. Two young surfers, one of European and the other of Chinese background, head for the beach with their surfboards tucked under their arms.
Celebrating 200 years of Chinese Australian history
The Harvest of Endurance celebrates 200 years of Chinese Australian history. Chinese immigrants to Australia have come from diverse ethnic, linguistic, political and religious groups and from various geographical locations in China and South-East Asia. Over many generations, Chinese people have added much to Australian culture, through their art, food and traditional activities such as dragon and lion dances. The presence of 'Chinatowns' in many Australian cities has contributed to the vibrancy of urban life.
