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**__//Chinese Immigration//__**
In 1853 China heard about the news of a gold rush in Australia. Over the next few decades, thousands of Chinese immigrated to Australia. Chinese men had to take out the loans for a pass to Australia and if they could not pay it back his family would have to work for the bank.

They stayed in Australia together in large groups often doing three jobs: mining, cooking and growing vegetables. The Australians back then did not like the Chinese for many reasons. Here are a few: The Chinese worked on Sunday, they did not beleieve in the Christian God, they ate different foods and they had different customs.

The Chinese introduced opium and gambling. The Chinese women set up market gardens and sold the vegetables on the street and the Europen women stayed inside and did house work.

Now we all get along with the Chinese and they also brought lots of good things with them. We let them come to Austraila without charging entry fees.