New Gold Mountain

Was looking forward to watching this series and stuck with it, but only just.

The script, and subsequently the spoken language, feels like it was written for high school students. In fact, it could easily have been developed to supplement the Australian history component of the Australian Curriculum.

Not enough mystery and not enough explanation of the Chinese culture of the time. Although it was interesting that the PC brigade hadn't put their stamp all over it with the language used to describe the different cultures in the story. Some of the Australians were far too over the top and much of the swearing felt like a 15yo was at the core of the written dialog.

Knowing the series was filmed at Sovereign Hill should have meant authenticity. Unfortunately being filmed somewhere that is basically a theme park of sorts, visited by many Australians, made the series feel like it was filmed "at Sovereign Hill", meaning it felt like it was on a film set rather than natural.

Hopefully Australian productions will continue but with a bit more thought about the intended audience.

I'm not sure why so many of the reviews for this show are so negative. It explored a point in Australian history from some interesting perspectives, the lead actor played the part of the man caught in the middle of everything well, and it had a plot with a few twists and turns. I enjoyed it.

Enjoying the show and like seeing Australian history from a non white man point of view. It's a slow burn but keeping us intrigued. Acting is good and beautiful landscape.

Finally a show that represents the diverse stories that make up Australian history!

Acting is superb and it's a great slow burn!

Subtitles are not an issue for me. Everyone except our First Nations people have come to Australia from somewhere else at some point.

It's more unusual to me to expect that everything be in English. And I say this as someone whose first language is English.

Australians are not only white, English speaking people. As I said earlier this definition excludes the original owners of this land, the First Nations people.

Australians come from all over the world, speak many languages and come from many cultural heritages. It's about time we start opening our minds to this reality.

There are so few diverse faces and stories on TV. Telling these stories are so important to humanise the 'other' and help people understand that their story is not the only one that exists.

An intriguing story, very watchable and gripping. I liked the incorporation of Western and hardboiled crime mystery elements in a setting I'd never seen before. It's a fresh perspective and a nuanced look at a part of history that often gets brushed over. Gorgeous visuals too.