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ABC 7.30: Chinese ANZACs

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ABC 7.30: Chinese ANZACs

SUBJECTS:  History

YEARS:  9–10


When World War I broke out in 1914, the 'White Australia Policy' had been in place for 13 years.

Despite this attempt at exclusion, many Chinese Australians chose to enlist and fight the war with their fellow countrymen.

Do you think you would have done the same? Why/why not?

Watch this video to find out more about the Chinese ANZACs from a researcher and a curator of the 2014 exhibition from the Museum of Chinese Australian History in Melbourne.



Date of broadcast: 7 Nov 2014


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