In the ????????????????????, thousands of voluntary Chinese migrants (estimated to be more than 3000 ) set sail for ???????????????? ???????????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????????? ????????????????????????????, ????????????????????????, ???????????? ???????????????????????? ????????????????????; they found employment as blacksmiths, carpenters, cobblers, and tailors, and quickly formed a small Chinatown, the camp des Chinois, in ???????????????? ????????????????????.
The first wave of migration from China to Mauritius occurred in the ???????????????????? ????????????????????, the Chinese migrants who came to Mauritius were mainly from the ???????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????????????? province. Most of these migrants from ???????????????????????? were merchants and therefore according to the law, they were not allowed to bring their families with them, were not allowed to buy lands unless they abandoned their ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????? and adopted a ???????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????; therefore, this lead to many intermarriage with women of the ???????????????????????? ???????????? ???????????????????????? communities in order to build their own families or buy lands under the name their spouses.
In ????????????????, the British brought to a group of Chinese migrants to work on sugar plantations; European sugar planters worked them like slaves, causing the Chinese migrants to start a failed revolt.
By mid-century, the total resident Chinese population reached five thousand. When Mauritius gained independence in ????????????????, the Chinese population stood at around ????????,????????????, but since then, numbers have diminished to around ????????,???????????? due to outmigration and smaller family sizes.
A BIG THANK YOU!
We would like to first and foremost thank you, the Mauritian community in Australia, for the support you have given us in the last 10 years. Without you and your support, we would not have been able to celebrate this anniversary. Together we have been able to send money back home and support the local economy and lower skilled jobs. We hope you understand how important you are in all of this.
