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Yu Tao, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, The University of Western Australia

This Buddhist sculpture probably won’t ‘rewrite history’ – Western Australia already has a rich Chinese past

State Library of Western Australia

Does the discovery of a Ming Dynasty Buddha sculpture found near Shark Bay in remote Western Australia “rewrite history” and suggest the Chinese first visited Australia 600 years ago?

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Shark Bay is 800km from Perth. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
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