Michael Williams, Adjunct Professor, WSU, is a scholar of Chinese-Australian history and a founding member of the Chinese-Australian Historical Society. He is the author of Returning Home with Glory (HKU Press, 2018); Australia's Dictation Test: The test it was a Crime to Fail (Brill, 2021) and a history of the Robe goldfield walkers entitled: Every requisite for a campaign upon the gold-fields (ChideStudy Press, 2024). His website: Chinese Australian History in 88 Objects was shortlisted for the 2022 Premiers Digital History Prize. Michael is also Project Manager of Scattered Legacy, a national database of items related to Chinese Australian history.
