Jay Chou puts Chinese gold rush history on global map

Taiwanese pop superstar Jay Chou has made a famous Australian tourist attraction even more popular. The singer, known in Mandarin as Zhou Jielun, recently visited Sovereign Hill in Ballarat, Victoria. Sovereign Hill is an open-air museum in Golden Point. It shows life during the first ten years after gold was discovered in Ballarat in 1851. Chou’s visit has drawn international attention to the site’s hidden Chinese history. During the gold rush, thousands of Chinese miners came to Australia. Their stories are now reaching a global audience. The museum displays where these miners lived and worked. It also shows how their culture shaped the region.