The Other Gold Rush
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This is a story about an artwork illustrating a Chinese camp in Ballarat, Victoria, depicted by Percy Lindsay. This is a story about a painting that carries within it the joy, tears and fears of Chinese gold miners. This oil canvas is hidden and locked away in a black suitcase at the Ballarat gallery with its paper sketch stored at the University of Melbourne. This week on Uncurated, Caitlin Duan and Isabella Vagnoni take you on a road trip to uncover the forgotten history of Percy Lindsay. And along with it, capture the story of Chinese-Australian migrants during the gold rush era all the way into the 21st century.  -- Interviewees: Alyssa Bunbury - Curator of the Grimwade Collection at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne Juanita Kwok - History and Heritage consultant with an interest in local histories in Australia and Chinese communities in rural Australia Charles Zhang - Committee member of the Chinese library and President of the Chinese Australian Cultural Society of Ballarat -- Music and sound effects for this episode of Uncurated were sourced from https://www.purple-planet.com and https://www.FesliyanStudios.com under relevant licensing agreements.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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