Chinese Immigrant Informative Speech

Script for history multimodal

Good morning Miss Nightingale / McCarthy and students. Thank you to the producers from ‘The Discovery Channel’ for allowing me to present this pitch to you. I am certain you will agree that a documentary film on the experience of Chinese migrants in the goldfields a great idea. The Chinese entering Australia has been very beneficial for the country. This includes vast improvements to our variety of food, culture, economy and the social face of early Australia. My documentary is going to be called The experience of Chinese migrants in the goldfields. In promoting Australia being British in character however, Henry Parkes has said, “crimson thread of kinship runs through all Australians” (Parkes, 1901), referring to a common cultural heritage. On the goldfields, Chinese miners drew racism from the ealier European migrants, eventually leading to violent riots.

It was very hard for the Chinese miners to arrive in Australia after travelling to the goldfields. Between 1853 and 1855, fifteen-thousand migrants sailed to South Australia for about 3 months, until arriving on a tiny fishing village. Many of the Chinese walked over 500 kilometres part way through the mulga area, over hard countryside amongst wild dogs avoiding the Victorian immigration authorities and hoping to reach the goldfields.

The Chinese diggers were considered a threat to European colonists as they might have taken their jobs, their gold as the Chinese were accustomed to work harder for little return. They were often blamed for numerous acts they didn’t carry out, such as the outbreaks of tragic diseases. I want to show this is absolutely unfair and unjust. The Chinese miners were treated this way because of their difference in culture, clothing, long hours working and wastage of water which was required for their distinct mining