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The fifth and final book in the Chinese Australians series explores how Chinese people have helped shape Australia's identity through their hard work, creativity, and cultural traditions. From the early days of migration and life on the goldfields to overcoming discrimination and building strong communities, this book traces the lasting impact of Chinese Australians. Students will discover how Chinese influence can be seen in food, business, farming, language, celebrations, education, and trade. Each chapter reveals how Chinese culture has become an essential part of modern Australian life. The book also looks to the future-examining new waves of migration, growing cultural exchange, and the evolving relationship between China and Australia. Written for upper primary and lower secondary students, The Chinese Legacy brings history to life and celebrates diversity, understanding, and the shared stories that connect us all.

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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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