During 1857, nearly 16,000 Chinese immigrants landed in Robe, South Australia and planned to walk across the border to the Victorian gold fields to seek their fortune, avoiding Victoria's $10 immigrant tax. They walked for weeks, setting up camps along the way and avoiding official rest stops for fear of being imprisoned as illegal immigrants. Their first boat trip attempting to cross from South Australia to Victoria sank, killing over half its passengers.

1. Australia’s immigrants
by Maelee Baron

2. introducing the story
During 1857, nearly 16,000 Chinese immigrants landed
in the port of Robe, that is in South Australia on a ship
called the Koing William 2 and had plans to walk across
the South Australian, Victorian border. They wanted to go
to the gold fields because lots of gold had been found at
that time. They landed in South Australia, to avoid the 10
pound taxes that Victoria was charging immigrants to the
state. This group of Chinese immigrants and all the other
groups not paying the taxes ere illegal immigrants.

3. The Chinese walked for days and weeks to get
to Victoria and set up camps along the way to
give them rest. There were 3 resting spots/inn’s
along the way but the immigrants did not want
to rest in them because if they were spotted they
would be sent to prison!

4. They had two boat trips because on the first
trip the boat sank losing more than half the
people it carried:(

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