Chinese seeking citizenship in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, 1860–1920

该项目计划研究19世纪末和20世纪初澳大利亚华人定居者获得公民身份的途径，并与新西兰和加拿大进行比较。从世纪中期开始，中国移民到澳大利亚，寻求成为他们收养的祖国的公民。该项目旨在分析入籍法律和政策，并使用传记和案例研究来考虑中国人为什么以及如何成为英国臣民。该项目希望通过记录中国移民争取公民身份和权利的斗争，加深对他们定居的历史理解。通过探索历史案例研究，它还旨在突出移民和国家入籍的社会经济效益。

This project plans to study the paths to citizenship for Chinese settlers in late 19th- and early 20th-century Australia, in comparison with New Zealand and Canada. From the mid-19th century, Chinese migrants to Australia sought to become citizens in their adopted homeland. The project intends to analyse naturalisation law and policy and use biographies and case studies to consider why and how Chinese became British subjects. The project expects to deepen historical understandings of the settlement of Chinese migrants by documenting their struggles for citizenship and rights. By exploring historical case studies it also aims to highlight the socio-economic benefits of naturalisation for the migrant and the nation.