- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
migrants to refer to the United States,
Canada and Australia, where gold rushes took place.
The term is a metaphor for the places Chinese
migrants ventured to find work and a better life for
their families. Some of them participated in gold
mining, others worked in coal mines, on farms and in
canneries