Location Darwin, on the northern tip of Australia played a role in the fact that this city has become the gateway to Southeast Asia. For centuries, the flow of immigrants from Asia arrived at the Australian continent and brings a variety of Eastern cultures, which are mixed with each other and with indigenous cultures existed here and yielding a incredible cocktail. One of the cultures that have had the greatest influence on the life and development of Darwin, was the Chinese culture. During the 18th century, Chinese laborers came to Darwin to meet the needs of the rapidly growing mining industry. The growth of the Chinese community have not stopped either World War II or the destructive Cyclone Tracy in 1974, virtually erased from the face of the earth, Darwin.

The most important evidence of the presence of the Chinese in the territory of Darwin - a Chinese museum and the temple of Ba Trung.

The temple is located a 5-minute walk from the Main Post Office of Darwin. It was built in 1887, and since then rebuilt several times due to injuries received during cyclones and war. The current building was built in 1977 on the site of the previous one, destroyed by Cyclone Tracy. The characters above the entrance means "The power of our Lord Almighty be upon everywhere! ". And the stone lions guarding the entrance, made by hand in China. At the temple grows a sacred Buddhist Bodhi tree - it is considered a descendant of the very tree under which Buddha sat attained nirvana. Here today to practice their religious rituals of Buddhists, Confucians and Taoists, as well as held various cultural events, such as Chinese New Year and the Moon Festival.

Chinese museum is located next to the temple, he talks about a variety of Chinese communities living in Darwin. Its collections include a variety of subjects from the life of Chinese immigrants of the past and demonstrate the difficulties they had to overcome in the development of the new country. Here you can see, it looked like Chinatown before it was destroyed by bombing during the war.

The museum and the temple of Ba Trung managed community, non-governmental organization whose main goal - to preserve Chinese culture, tradition and history. This popular place to visit for locals and tourists, since they serve as a reminder of the significant contribution that the Chinese are resilient and inventive contributed to the culture, development and economic prosperity of Darwin.