The Chinese Miners’ ‘Residence Tax Revolt’ of 1859 @eurekacentre9922
The Chinese Miners’ ‘Residence Tax Revolt’ of 1859 @eurekacentre9922
Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
This is a recording of an event that was live streamed to Facebook on Sunday 20 March 2022 for Ballarat Harmony Fest.

Historian Paul Macgregor discusses the way that Chinese miners on the Victorian goldfields dealt with racism and banded together to end discriminatory taxes and laws.

This talk was followed by a 45-minute panel discussion featuring:

Chair: Anna Kyi, Historian, Sovereign Hill
Panel: Paul McGregor, historian and author
Charles Zhang, President, Chinese Australian Cultural Society Ballarat.
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The Chinese Miners’ ‘Residence Tax Revolt’ of 1859

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