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New Gold Mountain

Produced by Goalpost Television

Creeator: Peter Cox
Executive Producers: Rosemary Blight, Ben Grant, Kylie du Fresne, Amanda Duthie
Producers: Kylie du Fresne, Elisa Argenzio
Writers: Peter Cox, Benjamin Law, Yolanda Ramke, Greg Waters, Pip Karmel
Director: Corrie Chen

Airing: October 13-21, 2021 (SBS)

1855, the height of the Australian gold fever, coming just a few years after the peak of the California gold rush. For the Chinese, this new opportunity is known as the ‘New Gold Mountain’. Wei Shing, the intriguingly charismatic — and occasionally ruthless — ‘headman’ leader of the White Hills Chinese mining camp, struggles to maintain the fragile harmony between the Chinese and European diggers. But, when Shing discovers the murdered body of a European woman, he uncovers a series of connections to the Chinese camp with implications disastrous both for himself and his people. (4x55min)