Chinese migration and settlement in Australia, with special reference to the Chinese in Melbourne

Abstract

A review of literature showed that studies relevant to the Chinese in Australia were mostly concerned with immigration laws and early Chinese settlements, and that little had been done on post- World War II Chinese communities in Australia. The present study utilizes Australian censuses, immigration and marriage statistics, etc. to trace the main outline of Chinese migration and settlement. in Australia since 1861, and then examines the present pattern of settlement in Melbourne in the form of a survey in 1968. Australian censuses were particularly useful as a basic source material. This thesis can be readily divided into two parts: The first part deals with the history of Chinese migration and settlement in Australia and the second part deals with the Melbourne survey .