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Early Chinese Migrants: The First Chinese Australians is the second book in the Chinese Australians series, exploring the fascinating story of the earliest Chinese arrivals who helped shape Australia's history. From the early 1800s, men like Mak Sai Ying, the first recorded Chinese settler, began new lives in a land far from home. This book uncovers what life was like in China at the time, why people left their villages, and the challenges they faced when they reached Australia. Readers will discover the work Chinese migrants did, their contributions to companies such as the Australian Land Clearing Company, and the difficulties they endured in a society where racism and resistance were common. Richly told and accessible for younger readers, this book highlights the resilience and determination of the Chinese community as it grew, adapted, and left a lasting mark on Australia. With sections including A World Far Away, Why Did They Come to Australia?, and Remembering the Past, this educational resource offers an engaging introduction to an important part of Australia's multicultural story. Perfect for classrooms, history enthusiasts, and families, this book ensures that the story of the first Chinese Australians will not be forgotten.

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Marji Hill runs her art career alongside her career as an author. She is a highly respected international author as well as a seasoned business executive, researcher and coach.Marji is passionate about promoting understanding between Australia's First Nationspeople and other Australians. The spirit of reconciliation was fostered in all her writings ever since she was a Research Fellow in Education at the AustralianInstitute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies ( in Canberra.From 2008 to 2011, Marji was Deputy Chairperson of the Mosman Branch of Reconciliation Australia in Sydney. Following her Research Fellowship at AIATSIS in 1976 Marji, together with her late partner, Alex Barlow, produced more than seventy (80) books on all aspects of the First Nations people including the critical, annotated bibliography Black Australia.In 1989 she was the Project Coordinator and one of the researchers and writers of Australian Aboriginal Culture the official Australian Government publication on First Nations people.In 1988 Six Australian Battlefields was published by Angus and Robertson. A decade later it was re-published by Allen & Unwin as a paperback edition. Her nine-volume encyclopaedia, Macmillan Encyclopaedia of Australia's Aboriginal Peoples was published in 2000 and in 2009 she published The Apology: Saying Sorry To The Stolen Generations.Marji's more recent publications extend to self-improvementand self-help with books like Staying Young Growing Old and Inspired by Country a self-help book about painting with gouache.

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