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CANCELLED
To mark the sesquicentennial of the influx of Chinese on to the
New South Wales goldfields in 1858 an international conference,
hosted by the Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora,
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU in July 2008 and
will bring together scholars, historians, archaeologists, heritage
and museum specialists, and other researchers from throughout Australia
and overseas to explore, examine, and share their research findings
on the Chinese in Australian Mining History. In addition to the
Chinese on the New South Wales mining fields, the conference will
be concerned with the comparative history and archaeology of Chinese
on other mining fields in Australia and overseas, in particular
southeast Asia, the Americas, and New Zealand, as well as within
China itself.
The four major themes of the conference, for which
proposals for panels and papers are now sought will be the following:
- Comparative and trans-national histories of Chinese mining
communities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific;
- Chinese mining technology, technological transfer and innovation
overseas;
- Historical archaeology of Chinese mining: sites, artefacts,
and material culture
- Presenting and representing Chinese mining heritage overseas
in the digital age: theme parks, heritage trails, museums, and
digitization.
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