Traveling to the village of Ararat which was established by the Chinese who came to Australia during the Gold Rush era. Mr. Janaka Weerasinghe, the Queensland state correspondent for SBS Sinhala ...

However, it impaced on the under paid workers. Geetha Mathivanan explains the stories and history behind the gold rush in “Namma Australia”.

The gold rush brought waves of immigration to Australia with people hoping to strike it lucky, and now the goldfields are on ...

From the middle of the 19th Century, Highlanders suffering from the impact of the potato famine were channelled towards Australia by the government. At the same time, a gold rush was drawing ...