<P> In the 1850s and 1860s they saw the largest pre-federation migration of Chinese to Australia , with numbers peaking around the 40,000 mark . These numbers were only reached again after the abolition of the White Australia policy in 1973 . Gold was found at several places in Australia in 1851 but significant Chinese migration to join the diggers only began late in 1853 . </P>
when did the chinese gold miners come to australia
significant Chinese migration to join the diggers only began late in 1853