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Panorama of the Chinese Camp in the Sovereign Hill museum in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. During the goldrush period many young men from China were sponsored by a businessman from their village to migrate to Australia's goldfields and the gold found was sent back to the sponsors. The Chinese Camp is a tribute to the contributions of the Chinese migrants on the goldfields in Ballarat.
Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
