The Celestials: Outcasts, Outlaws and Why Ned Kelly Yearned for China
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This story begins in Guangzhou China with the commencement of the Second Opium war. After the British bombardment of their home and city, two teenagers, a brother and younger sister, are sent by their parents to Tsin Chin Shan, the New Gold Mountain, in the colony of Victoria. As Chinese, the siblings and their compatriots are outsiders in the goldfields. They are on the margins of colonial society, as are the poor Irish settlers with whom they find...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:192295280X
ISBN13:9781922952806
Release Date:January 2025
Publisher:Arden
Length:233 Pages
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