Robb, Sandi (2019) Daughters of the Flowery Land: Chinese Women in Queensland, 1860–1920. Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, 8. pp. 151-167.

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Abstract

Until recently, little was known about the experiences of young Chinese women who migrated to Queensland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, journeying to join their husbands alone or accompanied by a servant. This article investigates the changing Chinese cultural family landscape against a backdrop of an expanding colonial Queensland. It explores the impact of arrival, conditions women faced, and the transformation of male-dominated settlements into communities after their arrival. Most of all it shines a light on a little known area of history, highlighting Chinese women’s lives negotiated across the Queensland colonial environment.

Item ID:	65168
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1834-609X
Keywords:	Chinese women, wives, mui tsai, daughters, Queensland-born, Chinese Australian, north Queensland
Copyright Information:	© 2019 Sandi Robb.
Additional Information:	This article is available Open Access via the publisher's website.
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2020 19:46
FoR Codes:	43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430302 Australian history @ 20% 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430319 Migration history @ 80%
SEO Codes:	97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology @ 80% 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950599 Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified @ 20%
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