New Gold Mountain

~ Fortune Comes At A Price ~

Overview:

In the Bendigo Goldfields in 1855, the charismatic headman of the Chinese mining camp suddenly finds himself struggling to maintain the fragile harmony between Chinese and European diggers and authorities when a murdered European woman is discovered to have links with the Chinese community.

Created by:

Peter Cox

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

10/13/2021

Last air date:

10/21/2021

Key words:

gold mine
murder
racial tension
19th century
australian western
1850s

Seasons

Season 1

4 Episodes

Cast

Yoson An

~ as ~

Leung Wei Shing

Alyssa Sutherland

~ as ~

Belle Roberts

Christopher James Baker

~ as ~

Patrick

Sam Wang

~ as ~

Leung Wei Sun

Mabel Li

~ as ~

Zhang Lei

Leonie Whyman

~ as ~

Hattie

Rhys Muldoon

~ as ~

Commissioner Wright

Alison Bell

~ as ~

Clara Wright

Dan Spielman

~ as ~

Frederick Standish

Maria Angelico

~ as ~

Annie

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Reviews (1)

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upollo
Written 4 year(s) ago
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A story of loyalties and lust, how both can be turned against you, and how each can betray the other. Loyalty to family, brotherhood or regime, and lust for sex, riches, or fame. The series is slow to start but the intrigue builds from one episode to the next and the final episodes are gripping. I have some misgivings about the direction of Leonie Whyman in her role as the character Hettie, a woman of indigenous heritage who speaks in truncated sentences as though she is not well-versed in the language, yet Whyman delivers Hettie's script with a well-spoken accent - the words and the accent don't match. There is also the predictable, mollifying finale.