can all agree on that part for the sake of the narrative. When the people and plants were displaced, along with the kingfishers and other animals living at the creek nearby, the area became a Chinese market garden. These immigrants were regarded with suspicion and loathing in the early days of the colony, as they always had good medicine and hygiene, healthy food and clan-based social safety nets in collective economies that ensured everyone was always sheltered, protected and prosperous. You can imagine how much this would annoy you if you were stinking and covered in lice, losing teeth,
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