Chinese people also realized that they had to try to blend into and adapt to Australian society. Some miners even cut off their pigtails and put on Western-style clothes, and a few learned English to be better able to communicate with their fellow miners.
華人亦體會到應該設法融入並適應澳洲社會，有些華工剪去辮子，穿上西服，少數人更聰明地學習英語，加強華洋之間的交流。