I've recently been reading a very little about the history of Chinese Australians in the 19th century(*) and it's this whole thing that never gets talked about, really challenges my mental images of the past. And that sort of expectation plays into steampunk a lot too.
(*)Pre 1788 Asian Australian history being a totally different ballgame!
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I've recently been reading a very little about the history of Chinese Australians in the 19th century(*) and it's this whole thing that never gets talked about, really challenges my mental images of the past. And that sort of expectation plays into steampunk a lot too.
(*)Pre 1788 Asian Australian history being a totally different ballgame!