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Australian Chinese sources

• Australia Online Chinatown
• Australian Chinese Community Association 澳华公会
• Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora, ANU
• Chinatown.com [Sydney] 唐人街, English and Chinese.
• The Chinese Australian and New Zealand History, 11 -13 February, 2000, University of New South Wales. 澳大利亚新西兰华人史研讨会
• Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation
• The Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation Conference, 2nd July, 2000, the Chinese Museum, Melbourne. Conference program and abstract.
• Chinese Immigrants and Chinese-Australians in NSW, by Julie Stacker and Peri Stewart.
• "Chinese in Australasia and the Pacific: Old and New Migrations and Cultural Change" Conference for the study of Overseas Chinese, 20-21 November 1998, New Zealand Conference of ASCDAPI
• Chinese Museum, Melbourne 澳华博物馆
• Chinese Australian History
• Chinese Australian History Resources database.
• Chinese Australian Services Society.华人服务社
• Chinese-Australian Studies and Contemporary Culture Centre. 澳华研究及当代文化中心
• Chinese History Day "Tracking the Dragon in Queensland" .
• Chinese Australians: A Guide to Holdings in the Mitchell Library.
• The Chinese in Australia and New Zealand, NLA Gateways, no.44, 2000.
• Federation of Chinese Community, Canberra Incorporated. 堪培拉华联社
• Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo 大金山金龙博物馆
• Golden Theads: the Chinese in regional NSW, 1850-1950.
• Living in Brisbone, the Chinese Connection.
• Lost in the Whitewash: Chinese and Aboriginal Encounters From Federation to Reconciliation, 1 December, 2000. 澳洲华人与居民接触史
• "Migrating Identities and Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Diaspora", a multidisciplinary international conference，6-28 September 2001, ANU.
• National Archive of Australia. The collection constitutes a vast and rich resource for the study of Australian history, Australian society and the Australian people. While most records in the collection are files, there are also significant holdings of photographs, posters, maps, architectural drawings, films, playscripts, musical scores and sound recordings. To find details of research guides re Chinese immigrants and Chinese-Australian in New South Wales, etc., click the " search" at the screen, then enter " Chinese".
• Selected digital images relating to Chinese immigrants in Australia from the Picture Collection of the State Library of Victoria.
  • The arrival of a China Trader : Chinese passengers at the Customs House. picture. 1892.
  • Arrival of Chinese immigrants in Little Burke Street. picture, 1866.
  • Ballarat Benevolent asylum fete - the Chinese procession. [picture]. 1875.
  • Ballarat Mines [picture] [ca. 1875-ca. 1938] -Shows store of Chow Yew Chinese Apothecary.
  • Beechworth carnival : the procession of the Chinese. picture 1874.
  • Ceremonies at the Chinese Joss House, Emerald Hill. [picture] 1875
  • [Chang, the Chinese Giant] [picture].[1870]
  • Chinamen at work on the Gold-field. picture. 1863.
  • Chinese at work in Melbourne . [picture] 1867.
  • Chinese camp. Banka. [picture] 1866.
  • Chinese Citizens Arch in Melbourne street for Royal Visit [picture]. 1901.
  • Chinese Citizens Arch over Swanston Street, Melbourne [picture] 1910
  • Chinese costermonger. [picture] 1868.
  • The Chinese demonstration at the exhibition - the single combat. picture.1886.
  • Chinese Exchange, Little Bouke Street, Melbourne. picture, 1863.
  • Chinese fancy hawker. picture.1876.
  • Chinese fisherman's hut. [picture] 1886.
  • Chinese fishermen in Hobson's Bay.[picture] 1873.
  • Chinese in Melbourne -gambling [picture]. 1868.
  • Chinese in Melbourne - opium smoking. [picture]. 1868.
  • The Chinese in Victoria - a game of Fan Tan. picture. 1880.
  • The Chinese invasion, Northern Queensland. [picture] 1877.
  • Chinese lotteries (1). [picture] 1876.
  • Chinese lotteries(2). [picture] 1876.
  • Chinese lotteries. Drawing the numbers for the bank ticket. [picture]. 1873.
  • Chinese lotteries - Taking a chance. [picture]. 1873.
  • [Chinese man, half-length, to left, sitting, wearing suit and tie] [picture] [ca. 1880-ca. 1990]
  • Chinese mortuary chapel, Joss House, Emerald Hill. [picture] 1875
  • Chinese on the road to the Palmer. [picture] 1875
  • [Chinese on road to Palmer being attacked by Aborigines] [picture].1876
  • Chinese opium-smokers. [picture] 1874
  • The Chinese pageant Melbourne, Vic. [picture]. 1886.
  • Chinese quarter, Ballarat. [picture] 1868.
  • Chinese quarter, Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. picture. 1863.
  • The Chinese quarter on the Great Canal. Batavia; near its outlet int the bay.[picture] 1870.
  • The Chinese Question in Sydney N.S.W. [picture] 1888.
  • Chinese Revenge. picture. 1873
  • Chinese rites at the graves of their countrymen. [picture] 1872.
  • Chinese sketches in the slums. picture. 1893.
  • Chinese sluicing, near Beechworth. [picture]. 1864.
  • Chinese smuggling in Melbourne : picture. 1882.
  • Chinese theatricals in Melbourne. [picture}. 1872.
  • Chinese Tobacco Plantation, Bathurst [picture] [ca. 1880]
  • Disturbances at clunes - miners resisting the introduction of Chinese labor. picture. 1873.
  • Flemington Melbourne [picture]. 1856. - Show a long line of Chinese wearing Coolie hats on their way to the goldfields.
  • Full-length portrait of a Chinese man, standing [picture] [ca. 1855-ca. 1882]
  • Full-length portrait of a Chinese woman, seated [picture] [ca. 1855-ca. 1882]
  • Gold mines, plans, and regulations in Chinese [picture] 1875.
  • [Gold mining, Chinese encampment, Guildford near Castlemaine] [picture] Daintree, Richard, 1832-1878, photographer.
  • Illuminations in Little Bourke Street by Chinese residents. picture. 1867.
  • In a Chinese opium den. picture. 1896.
  • Interior of Chinese gambling house .[picture] 1871.
  • Interior of Chinese Mission Church. Little Bourke-Street. picture.1872.
  • Landing Chinese at Cooktown, Queenland. [picture] 1895.
  • The late Mr. Kong Meng. picture. 1888.
  • Morgan sticking up the navvies, burning their tents, and shooting the chinaman. [picture] 1865.
  • Opening the new Chinese Joss House. Emerald Hill [picture] 1866.
  • An opium den. picture. 1881.
  • Our chinamen. picture.1874.
  • Queensland Aboriginals attacking Chinese diggers on the Gilbert River [picture] 1873.
  • Sketches among the Chinese in North Queensland. [picture] 1878.
  • Sketches in our Chinese quarter: fan tan playing, and a Chinese restaurant. picture.1880.
  • View in Chinese Camp, Ballarat [picture].[ca. 1875-ca. 1938]
• Post-war Chinese Australians Oral History Project. Diana Giese -Voices and Memory: Australian Oral History: 8 March 1997, National Library of Australia.
• State Library of New South Wales : Catalogue. The Mitchell Collection contains rich Chinese Australians archives. Can start with subject searches using the following serach terms: Chinese in Australia, Australia - Emigration and Immigration, New South Wales - Emigration and Immigration, Victoria - Emigration and Immigration, Coloured Labour Question, Gold and Gold-mining - N. S. W., Gold and gold-mining - Victoria, etc. There are lots uncatalogued items in the manuscripts index and the Mitchell Pictures Card catalogue.
• The Tung Wah Times: A window into Chinese community history. The Tung Wah Times (1902-1936 previously the Tung Wah News 1898-1902) is probably the most important publication in the history of Australia's Chinese communities.

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Others Overseas Chinese sources

• Arrowtown [New Zealand]. Born of the gold rush in 1862.
• The Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles. 华美博物馆
• Chinese Communication Association (CCA)- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• Chinese Historical and Cultural Project. TheProject is based in Santa Clara County, California. It was founded in 1987 as a non-profit organization to promote and preserve Chinese American and Chinese history and culture through community outreach activities.
• Chinese History Society of America
• Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
• Chinese in Guyana: Their Roots
• Committee of 100 - The Committee of 100 is a national non-partisan organization composed of   American citizens of Chinese descent. Each member has achieved positions of leadership in the United States in a broad range of professions. With these diverse backgrounds, members collectively pool their strengths and experience to address important issues concerning the Chinese-American community, as well as issues affecting  U. S.-China relations.
• Chinese Heritage Centre [Singapore]. 华裔馆
• The Chinese in Australia and New Zealand, NLA Gateways, no.44, 2000.
• Chinese in Guyana: Their Roots
• Chinese Who's who [UK]. 今日华人
• Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center. 邵友保博士海外华人文献研究中心
• A Global Network for Chinese Professionals, 全球华人专业人士网络
• Hai wai hua wen bao kan zi xun zhan. 海外华文报刊资讯站
• Historical Chinese Language Materials in British Columbia: An electronic inventory. 加华文献聚珍
• Huaren. 华人
• HuayiNet: Chinese Overseas Databank. 华裔网：海外华人资料库. An initiative from Singapore towards better understanding of Chinese Overseas.
• International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Overseas Chinese Studies, 1st, 2000 Conference, Athens, Ohio, USA, March 24 and 25, 2000
• International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies, 2nd, 2002 Conference, Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 13-15, 2003.
• JiaHwa - Information resource for Chinese in Canada.佳华 - 加拿大华人综合信息网
• Linking Latitudes, Shanghai and China, 2001. A professional development opportunity including a conference in Shanghai and fieldwork choices across China, April 2001.
• Overseas Chinese Affair Commision. 中华民国侨务委员会
• Overseas Chinese Archive, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 香港中文大学海外华人研究中心.
• Selected Books Online : Oveseas Chinese : Specialising books on Southeast Asia.
• Separative lives, broken dreams : Saga of Chinese Immigration.
• Sinanet: The homepage for gobal Chinese.
• UnityChinese.com - The Chinese Community Network [London]. English and Chinese.
• Taiwanese Websites around the world
• World Confederation of Institutes and Libraries for Overseas Chinese Studies. 世界海外华人研究与文献收藏机构联合会

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