Victoria has made a bipartisan apology to the descendants of Chinese gold miners for the discrimination they suffered during the Gold Rush.
Victoria imposed a crippling tax of 10 pounds on Chinese miners during gold rush.
To get around the discriminatory penalty, they arrived in Robe in South Australia and literally walked hundreds of kilometres to the Victorian goldfields.
Some died through sickness and exhaustion and the ones that did make it suffered discrimination and race riots.
160 years on that journey has been recreated.
Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews delivered an apology to a crowd of Chinese community leaders for the racism and unjust policies their ancestors endured.
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