<P> In the 1850s and 1860s they saw the largest pre-federation migration of Chinese to Australia , with numbers peaking around the 40,000 mark . These numbers were only reached again after the abolition of the White Australia policy in 1973 . Gold was found at several places in Australia in 1851 but significant Chinese migration to join the diggers only began late in 1853 . </P>
<P> In the 1850s and 1860s they saw the largest pre-federation migration of Chinese to Australia , with numbers peaking around the 40,000 mark . These numbers were only reached again after the abolition of the White Australia policy in 1973 . Gold was found at several places in Australia in 1851 but significant Chinese migration to join the diggers only began late in 1853 . </P>
when did the chinese gold miners come to australia
when did the chinese gold miners come to australia
significant Chinese migration to join the diggers only began late in 1853
significant Chinese migration to join the diggers only began late in 1853