Across
- 6. European miners grew increasingly hostile towards the _________
- 7. They accused them of smoking opium and wasting ______
- 9. The Chinese were the biggest non-_______ group at the goldfields
- 11. The Chinese miners remained passive as ___________ rose against them
- 12. This hostility exploded, and anti-Chinese ______ developed
- 13. The Chinese often Worked back through tailings and mullock heaps finding _____ that the Europeans had missed.
- 15. The average Chinese miner could live on less, withstand worse conditions and remain patient longer than diggers of other ___________
- 16. During these riots Chinese property was ____________ and Chinese miners had their pony tails cut off
- 18. In Victoria, in 1857, 22 Chinese were __________ as a result of riots
- 19. They were often extremely secretive about their ________
Down
- 1. The Chinese often ________ all day waist deep in water
- 2. Most were single young men who expected to stay in Australia for only a year or two to make their...
- 3. Between 1852 and 1853, about 500 Chinese migrants left ______ ______ for Melbourne.
- 4. In ___ _______ _________, in 1861, two more Chinese were killed in further riots
- 5. Once they'd made their fortune they intended to move home to China to get _________
- 8. The Chinese immigrants only bought their ___________ from local Chinese businesses.
- 10. They were met at the docks by angry ______, who hurled abuse at them and pelted them with food and other scraps.
- 14. The migrants camped on the outskirts of Melbourne until they could purchase the necessary ________ equipment.
- 17. The Chinese were not very welcome as their dress and habits were different from the other ________