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The Market Gardens of Dark Dragon Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, 1876–1930

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Long neglected within Eurocentric histories of Australian agriculture, a clearer view of Chinese market gardening in Australia has been emerging over recent decades. As a contribution to this ongoing work, this paper explores Chinese market gardens in Wollongong (known as Dark Dragon Ridge in Chinese), 70 km south of Sydney, between 1876 and 1930. Using a microhistorical framework with an emphasis on business and labour, and guided chiefly by gardeners' own accounts of their activities, I offer new insights into Chinese market gardening. This approach can, I conclude, markedly enhance understanding of this aspect of Australia's past.

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  • Peter Gibson, 2020. "The Market Gardens of Dark Dragon Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, 1876–1930," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 60(3), pages 372-393, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ozechr:v:60:y:2020:i:3:p:372-393
    DOI: 10.1111/aehr.12195
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    2. Barry McGowan, 2005. "The Economics And Organisation Of Chinese Mining In Colonial Australia," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 45(2), pages 119-138, July.
    3. Peter Gibson, 2018. "Australia's Bankrupt Chinese Furniture Manufacturers, 1880–1930," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 58(1), pages 87-107, March.
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