The history and evolution of the work choices of Chinese Australians | Belongings | ABC Australia

From a 50-metre-long Chinese Gongbi scroll to a drum kit dated back to WWII, we take an intimate look at the history and evolution of the work choices of Chinese Australians.
Initially, Chinese Australians could only work in limited fields like mining, laundering, and furniture-making. But eventually people start embracing something closer to their hearts, like the way late jazz musician Alma did, pursuing music as a profession.
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[@phantomstrider]

5:40 I think I am 🙂 It's certainly different from my parent's choices. Except for when my dad worked as a Disc Jockey 😄

[@tomdenson]

Very interesting, great content

[@lochnessmunster1189]

Hard-working people the Chinese, who are a credit to any country.

[@analyticalmindset]

They had no choice but to do laundry because they were treated like second class citizens

[@damienscabinetmaking4243]

As a Chinese Australian and cabinetmaker this reminds me that truly there is nothing new under the sun, and everything is meaningless. I now see that I am chasing history's tail and repeating it. The irony of my seemingly radical decision, going against the grain, abandoning a tertiary education and pursuit of vain work in the white collar world to become a simpler, purer, and practical hands on person, is not nearly as radical or ideal in reality but a mere repeat of history, a regression, and perhaps a mistake. But now I wonder if eligible Chinese Australian bachelorettes out there have been doing likewise and opening Chinese laundries!
Nowadays, computers, smart devices, industrial tools, and automation, might seem to assist us in becoming autonomous, independent, and liberated but were ever more isolated and enslaved in this modern feudal society and techno-feudalism. When I see this video I mourn the loss of a once vibrant and unified Chinese society, the collapse of our former dynasties and failings of our ancestors that brought us here to begin with. That despite these settlements in the West seeming nice for a while they're mere satellite stations in the middle of no where far removed from China proper, our ancestral villages and homeland. We had dynasties that lasted hundreds of years at a stretch and now we suffer under governments that hardly last a few years. Surely man has no place to rest his head. Peace.