New Gold Mountain

5.5
202155m

Production

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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.

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Seasons

4 Episodes • Premiered 2021

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1. Propriety

Chinese headman Wei Shing stumbles across a valuable new gold seam on the frontier,

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2. Righteousness

6.0

Shing finds himself facing sudden dangers on two fronts, from both European and Chinese. On the European side, the mysterious 'red-haired, one-eared man' has witnessed him with the white woman's body, implicating Shing in her murder. On the Chinese side, Shing's status as headman becomes increasingly complicated when Lei's intentions are made very clear.

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3. Shame

1.0

Haunted by the possibility his brother Sun is involved in Annie's death, Shing hides his suspicions while urgently trying to find the truth. Meanwhile, Lei gets closer to uncovering Shing's betrayal of the Brotherhood, while juggling a mysterious message from her father from China.

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4. Integrity

Lei strikes a deal with Shing to keep the secret gold seam operation running. Meanwhile, Tom is dragged into prison and pinned for Annie's murder, but Belle and Hattie realize that the clues point to the Chinese.

Cast

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Yoson An

Leung Wei Shing

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Alyssa Sutherland

Belle Roberts

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Sam Wang

Leung Wei Sun

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Rhys Muldoon

Commissioner Wright

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Alison Bell

Clara Wright

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Dan Spielman

Frederick Standish

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Travis Cotton

Sgt. Frank Harken

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Sophie Ross

Lola Montez

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Reviews

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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.

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