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The very early history of Chinese Australians involved significant immigration from villages of the [[Pearl River Delta]] in South China, with most such immigrants speaking dialects within the [[Yue Chinese|Yue]] dialect group. The [[Australian gold rushes|Gold rushes]] lured many Chinese to the [[Australian colonies]] in the 19th century. As with many overseas Chinese groups the world over, early Chinese immigrants to Australia established several [[Chinatown]]s in major cities, such as [[Sydney]] ([[Chinatown, Sydney]]), [[Melbourne]] ([[Chinatown, Melbourne]]), [[Brisbane]] ([[Chinatown, Brisbane]]) and [[Perth]] ([[Chinatown, Perth]]). In the [[States and territories of Australia#States and territories|Australian external territory]] of [[Christmas Island]], Australians of full or partial Chinese origin form the majorityplurality of the population.

[[File:1886 AntiMelbourne-Punch-federation-Victoria-pest-Australian-Chinese Cartoon from Australia-May-1888.jpg|thumb|left|Published inThis 1888, this[[political cartoon]] depictsby the ''[[RacismMelbourne inPunch]]'' depicts the [[Anti-Chinese sentiment#Australia|anti-Chinese politicalracism situation]] ofin Australia]] thatwhich was one of the driving forces behind the push for federation.]]

[[File:A Chinese woman wearing traditional qipao standing in the bushland with two borzoi dogs in the bushland of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1930.png|thumb|A Chinese Australian woman wearing traditional [[Cheongsam|qipao]] standing in the bushland with two [[borzoi]] dogs in the bushland of [[Bendigo]], Victoria, Australia, 1930s]]

[[Anti-Chinese sentiment#Australia|Anti-Chinese racism]] among white Australians also strongly contributed to the establishmentpush offor the [[Federationfederation of Australia]]. Some of the first Acts of the new federation would establish the [[White Australia Policy]]. This policy made it almost impossible for anyone new to migrate from China to Australia. After federation the population of Chinese in Australia steadily declined. Despite the declining numbers people with Chinese heritage still played their part in Australian history. There were over 200 people with Chinese heritage who fought for Australia in [[World War I]], including the decorated sniper [[Billy Sing]]. A similar number fought for Australia in [[World War II]].

After the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|1989 Tiananmen Square protests]], then-[[Australian Prime Minister]], [[Bob Hawke]], allowed students from China to settle in Australia permanently. The aftermath of [[May 1998 riots of Indonesia]] saw sizeable influx of [[Chinese Indonesians]] fleeing persecution in their home country for Australia. Since the 2000s, with the rapid development of [[Economy of China|China's economy]], there has been an explosion in the number of immigrants from China, which have frequently been Australia's largest source of new immigrants since 2000. In 2015–16, China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) was the second largest source of [[Immigration to Australia|immigrants to Australia]] behind [[India]].<ref name="border.gov.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/2015-16-migration-programme-report.pdf|title=2015–16 Migration Programme Report : Programme year to 30 June 2016|website=Border.gov.au|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818215815/https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/2015-16-migration-programme-report.pdf|archive-date=18 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) is now the third largest foreign birthplace for Australian residents, after [[English Australians|England]] and [[New Zealand Australians|New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/Latestproducts/3412.0Main%20Features22017-18?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3412.0&issue=2017-18&num=&view=| title = Australian Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>