Golden Dragon Museum research officer Leigh McKinnon says Loong is 'like the community that brought him out here'. Here's how this 120 year old dragon has survived against the odds.
: "From the popular point of view, the picturesque Chinese procession and the characteristic parade of Australian stockmen were particularly interesting events of the day's celebrations. The Chinese residents in our midst, on this occasion, as on many others, did their part with great spirit and gorgeous effect".
There are now 1.3 million people who identify themselves as being of Chinese heritage in Australia, according to the 2021 Census, making up about 5.5 per cent of the total population.There are, of course, other dragons around the world that are older than Loong, but most of them are in bad shape, with just a head or tail remaining, or even just a pair of glass eyeballs.
While the wars and upheavals in China may also have played a part, Mr McKinnon believes climate has a bigger part to play. Some of the other examples of dragons that have survived, in California and Victoria, also have drier, less humid climates. Whereas in Darwin for example, which had a similar history of traditions of lion dance and processional collections to Bendigo, there is very little material that has survived even going back to the 1970s because of the climate.
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