Sojourners or a new diaspora? Economic implications of the movement of Chinese miners to the south-west Pacific goldfields

Title: Sojourners or a new diaspora? Economic implications of the movement of Chinese miners to the south-west Pacific goldfields
Creator: Reeves, Keir
Date: 2010
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/70653
Identifier: vital:6639
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8446.2010.00300.x
Identifier: ISSN:0004-8992
Abstract: Chinese gold seekers were the largest non-British group on the goldfields of Australasia and constituted the largest nationality on some diggings. In considering the movement of Chinese miners to and throughout the goldfields colonies of the southwest Pacific, this articles argues there existed a more complex pattern of migration than that suggested by the sojourner model of arrival, brief stay and departure. It examines the links between migration patterns and economic activity, and argues that economic history perspectives complement the insights offered by recent social and cultural history in the field.
Relation: Australian Economic History Review Vol. 50, no. 2 (2010), p. 178-192
Rights: Copyright Wiley-Blackwell
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 1402 Applied Economics; 1503 Business and Management; 2202 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields; Australia; China; Gold mines and mining; Gold mining; Migration; New Zealand; Pacific economy
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