We had decided to make another detour along the way. We were on our way to Baskerville. Also in this region gold was found in the mid-19th century which also triggered a mass movement of people here. Baskerville has now become a museum village. The last residents left in the 1960s. Not much later, renovation of the buildings in the village began.
The Chinese were also part of the Goldrush here.Chinese immigrants formed a large part of the community. Between 1874 and 1895, there were over 2900 miners of Chinese descent in the area. They had come from China hoping to work hard and earn good money for a few years and then return to their homeland. In the end, things turned out differently. The last Chinese left the country only 40 years later. Because of cultural differences, but also because of communication problems, they could hardly integrate into the local culture and created their own Baskerville Chinatown. In the end, they made their money not from gold mining, but from trade, restaurants and stores, and they stayed.