They were not popular with the Europeans, probably because they wore strange clothes and generally weren't able to speak English. This huge cultural gulf between the different nationalities resulted in at least two serious riots aimed at getting rid of the Chinese.
大概因為澳洲白人看到他們服飾怪異、語言不通，加上中西文化有極大的差別，遂生出強烈的排斥感，並引發兩次大規模的排華暴動。