人们常把联邦时期墨尔本的华人社区想象成一个男人社区———男矿工、男菜农、男家具工人,大概还有草药师、水果商、蔬菜商、茶叶商和一大堆中国店铺老板等———全都是男的。总的印象就是一个男人主导的社区,男人在澳大利亚谋生,他们的女人则留在中国照料家庭。这一印象并非没 People often think of the Melbourne community in the Commonwealth as a community of men - male miners, male farmers, men's furniture workers, probably herbalists, fruit makers, vegetable traders, tea merchants and a host of Chinese shop owners - - It's all male. The general impression is that a man dominates the community, men make a living in Australia and their women stay in China to care for their families. This impression is not without