The Californian gold rush was in decline in the 1850s and had been known as the Old Gold Mountain, which led the Chinese to name the Australian gold rush, New Gold Mountain. This is how the series ...

Traveling to the village of Ararat which was established by the Chinese who came to Australia during the Gold Rush era. Mr. Janaka Weerasinghe, the Queensland state correspondent for SBS Sinhala ...

Originally from Guangdong, the man one newspaper called a "petty despot" had sailed to San Francisco on a Chinese junk just before the gold rush, when he was approximately 20 years old.

Andrew Liu talks to Tom about the Chinese workers who followed the gold rush to California, Australia and South Africa, the racial stereotypes about them promoted by local politicians, and their role ...

Victoria, once the center of Australia's 1850s gold rush, believes its heavy mineral sands (HMS) deposits can kickstart a new mining boom. Traditionally mined for materials used in paints and ...

China's buying up a lot of gold, sending prices of the precious metal to record highs. The consumption trend reflects risk hedging and a lack of confidence in the flagging economy that has been ...