Question

Q6. Workers who provided cheap labour in Australia were:
(a) Chinese immigrants
(b) African slaves
(c) Australian Aborigines
(d) Indian labourers​

Answer 1

Australian Aborigines

Answer 2

Answer:

Option c - Chinese immigrants.

Explanation:

• The Chinese immigrants provide very cheap labour.
• The increasing demand for cheap labour after the cease of convict transportation in the 1840s.
• A large number of Chinese men arrived as indentured labourers.
• They come to work as shepherds for private landowners and the Australian Agricultural Company.
• The workers are mainly from the Province of Fujian via the port of Amoy.
• While some of them are kidnapped and brought to Australia.

Hence, Chinese immigrants provide cheap labour in Australia.