Gold Mining - Hur 1

 Kia Ora everybody, today I will be sharing you facts about gold rush and there history with the Chinese people. Our errand was to peruse the entirety of the texts that was given to us,and each time we read something intriguing we need write it down in our own words. My class and I should have at least 4 realities about gold mining, and the Chinese people. I learnt a lot about these people,and what's gold mining, where precisely it previously occurred. I discovered huge amounts of data about these which gave me more courage to compose multiple facts. So here is my facts about them.

Facts about gold mining:

• The first European discovery of these gold was credited to Charles Ring, a Tasmanian who discovered it at Driving Creek near Coromandel township in 1852, when gold surfaced in New Zealand in the 1820s. 

• Where many geologists would agree, but they would also add that only in some regions is gold likely to be discovered. Regions are Otago,South land, the West Coast, Golden Bay, and Marlborough, Coromandel Peninsula , and a few other localised sites in New Zealand. Gold is an element which is rare, it is inert, and it is very heavy, it is glossy, it is also malleable. 

• In the mid 1860s, the Otago Gold rush peaked, after which miners left for the emerging West Coast goldfields in large numbers. In 1864, Read went back to Tasmania and spent his final years in a mental institution.

• Wiliam Hunt, John Ebenezer White and George Clarkson with their pickaxes, were digging in the Kurunai Drain. They were one of the several groups which had flocked in search of gold to the Coromandel.Then, they hit the jackpot 150 years ago today.

• The discovery was the first great strike in the Coromandel, and the Thames foothills were swarming with men within months. Life will never be the same again for Hunt, White Clarkson and their mate, William Cobley. They overnight turned into millionaires.

Chinese discoveries:

• Fearing Economic failure, the Chinese miners were hired from Australia and directly from Guangdong by the local authorities of Otago-South land. A huge number of them, with some already in the country helping relatives join them, and got their ticket to New Zealand by chain migration.

• In 186, the first party of Chinese miners came to New Zealand. From Victoria, they have been invited to Australia's goldfields by the authorities and the Dunedin Chamber of the Commerce, as soon as a Usable labour sources to increase the population and rework the goldfield of Otago after European. 

• The Chinese were disliked/hated by Europeans because of their distinct physical and cultural differences. The appearance, but also the strategic ability of them . They were removed from the culture of New Zealand, they were prohibited from living in the cities or from being buried in nearby graveyards.Luckily a few Chinese miners were successful and have earned the respect from the Europeans.

• The store of the Ah Lum also known as Lau Lei, the very last Chinese resident of the settlement and died in 1932. His store is the modest construction of stone and wood topped with a corrugated iron roof, and is one of the most intact buildings. Back in the day, shops are usually sold a mix of items from back home along with local and European products. Some of the store keepers were literate and spoke English, so they were able to provide both English and Chinese translation and even letter writing services.

• In Otago, there were fewer than 200 Chinese miners in 1866, but the Chinese population had risen to 1270 by April 1868. With just under 5000 miners, the population peaked in 1881.  Also fun facts each of the three main religious traditions- Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism- was practised by Chinese miners. To keep bad spirits away or welcome good fortune, several rituals are practised. Although most miners had small shrines in their nuts, in Lawrence and at Round Hill, temples were built.