Chinese Voices 8 - Williams, Michael
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It has been said many times (by me anyway) that Chinese Australian history is perforce reliant on European observers - often of dubious quality and more often dubious perspectives (see Observers 8). Nevertheless, there are instances - increasing over time naturally - of Chinese Australians speaking in their own voice. Here are presented a selection of writings by Chinese Australian's in both Chinese and English. They range from the first (certainly the earliest extant) piece of Chinese writing in Australia as an indentured shepherd named Ang defends himself in 1850 from a murder charge, to a…mehr

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It has been said many times (by me anyway) that Chinese Australian history is perforce reliant on European observers - often of dubious quality and more often dubious perspectives (see Observers 8). Nevertheless, there are instances - increasing over time naturally - of Chinese Australians speaking in their own voice. Here are presented a selection of writings by Chinese Australian's in both Chinese and English. They range from the first (certainly the earliest extant) piece of Chinese writing in Australia as an indentured shepherd named Ang defends himself in 1850 from a murder charge, to a full novel written in Classical Chinese in 1910 on the eve of China's Republican revolution by the Melbourne based Wong Shee Ping. As well, there are reasoned attacks on discriminatory legislation, personal memoirs old and new, poetry, letters to those who have done well, and short stories expressing something of life in "white" Australia for someone of non-white heritage. Together these 'Chinese 8' provide an insight into the many facets of Chinese Australian history as provided by Chinese Australian's themselves. Here they are presented in reverse chronological order - just for fun.
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Michael Williams, Adjunct Professor, WSU, is a scholar of Chinese-Australian history and a founding member of the Chinese-Australian Historical Society. He is the author of Returning Home with Glory (HKU Press, 2018); Australia's Dictation Test: The test it was a Crime to Fail (Brill, 2021) and a history of the Robe goldfield walkers entitled: Every requisite for a campaign upon the gold-fields (ChideStudy Press, 2024). His website: Chinese Australian History in 88 Objects was shortlisted for the 2022 Premiers Digital History Prize. Michael is also Project Manager of Scattered Legacy, a national database of items related to Chinese Australian history.