Migration In 19th Century Australia
In the 19th century Australia was a migration hotspot for the world but mostly Europeans and
Chinese immigrants. According to many reliable sources such as jacaranda plus similar and different challenges emerged for both groups including racial propaganda, culture and racial segregation. It is evident that although migration was a challenge for both groups, the racially driven white European attitudes made the gold field a setting of prejudice and exclusion.
Racial propaganda was evident in the gold fields according to our class notes in 2017. This made it very hard for the Chinese as they felt excluded, unwanted and racially vilified. The racial propaganda was created by the Europeans to belittle the Chinese and to try and push them away
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This hand out also states that the Chinese
"were ignorant because they did not understand instructions (as they did not understand English ) and rules, and clustered together rather than mixing with others". It is evident that there were many cultural differences between the Europeans and the Chinese and this was another reason for the hate of the Chinese.
Radical segregation was extremely evident within the goldfields especially with the acts of apartheid which occurred due to the separation of camps - which isolated the Chinese from the
Europeans. The apartheid outcasted the Chinese from the Europeans as the Europeans were the
'superior race' and they believed that the Chinese were " a smaller, inferior race with strange hairstyles— not like the taller, ‘manlier’ Europeans" according to the fact vs fiction hand out. In contrast the white Europeans were accepted and not pushed away, It is evident that race was the motive for the apartheid. Per the white Australia policy both the government and the existing colonists prioritised maintaining " living standards" and giving them selfs the best chance
Chinese immigrants. According to many reliable sources such as jacaranda plus similar and different challenges emerged for both groups including racial propaganda, culture and racial segregation. It is evident that although migration was a challenge for both groups, the racially driven white European attitudes made the gold field a setting of prejudice and exclusion.
Racial propaganda was evident in the gold fields according to our class notes in 2017. This made it very hard for the Chinese as they felt excluded, unwanted and racially vilified. The racial propaganda was created by the Europeans to belittle the Chinese and to try and push them away
from …show more content…
This hand out also states that the Chinese
"were ignorant because they did not understand instructions (as they did not understand English ) and rules, and clustered together rather than mixing with others". It is evident that there were many cultural differences between the Europeans and the Chinese and this was another reason for the hate of the Chinese.
Radical segregation was extremely evident within the goldfields especially with the acts of apartheid which occurred due to the separation of camps - which isolated the Chinese from the
Europeans. The apartheid outcasted the Chinese from the Europeans as the Europeans were the
'superior race' and they believed that the Chinese were " a smaller, inferior race with strange hairstyles— not like the taller, ‘manlier’ Europeans" according to the fact vs fiction hand out. In contrast the white Europeans were accepted and not pushed away, It is evident that race was the motive for the apartheid. Per the white Australia policy both the government and the existing colonists prioritised maintaining " living standards" and giving them selfs the best chance