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Map showing migration route from Wuyi China through Hong Kong to Australian goldfields
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New Gold Mountain: Wuyi Pioneers in Australia 1850-1901

New Gold Mountain: Wuyi Pioneers in Australia 1850-1901 Your ancestors might have talked about going to Gold Mountain (金山 Jīnshān). But which one? The Old Gold Mountain (旧金山 Jiù Jīnshān) was California—San Francisco, the gold rush that began in 1848 and drew thousands from Guangdong's Wuyi (五邑) region to seek their fortune. But there was another Gold…
March 18, 20260Comments

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Diaolou watchtowers rising from rice paddies at Zili Village in Kaiping, with a first-time roots trip visitor standing at the village entrance
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Plan Your Roots Trip: A First-Timer’s Guide to Taishan and Kaiping Villages

Plan Your Roots Trip: A First-Timer's Guide to Taishan and Kaiping Villages You've done the research. You know the village name. You've looked at the maps, traced the migration routes, maybe even found your great-grandfather's immigration file. Now comes the moment you've been waiting for — going home. Planning a roots trip to China is different from…
March 10, 20260Comments

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