We are excited to introduce Adrian Hem to speak for the first time at the Eureka Centre about Chinese migrants on the Victorian Goldfields. Adrian will explore the hardships they faced in their homeland, their journey to Australia, the prejudice they encountered, and the pride in their achievements which is carried on through their descendants.
Adrian Hem AFSM is a fourth-generation descendant of an 1850s Chinese miner, market gardener, interpreter, and family man. Adrian is a passionate researcher and storyteller of the early Chinese in Victoria. He is a volunteer museum tour guide at Bendigo’s Golden Dragon Museum, carrier of parade dragons and an idealist of all things in the creation of man’s harmonious existence.
Attend Talking History in person at the Eureka Centre (no booking required). Past lectures can be viewed on YouTube by clicking this link.
Image: The Pai Fang (Welcome Gate) at Chinaman’s Beach, Robe, South Australia, commemorating the landing of the Chinese gold seekers in 1857. Photo by Adrian Hem.
