Victoria's alpine region has an unknown history-a story of Chinese immigrants helping shape Australia's beer industry.
William Panlook is the son of a store owner whose father was forced into the leave gold mine in against China uprising in the 19th century.
After his father's death, William managed a local beer garden with the help of his family-a plant that not only nurtured a successful commercial community, but also left generations of heritage for Australian beer production.
William' 's father, Panlook, came to Australia from China in the mid-19th century to rush for gold.
As the gold of Beechworth in central Victoria was gradually scrubbed out, the gold prospectors went farther and farther in search of new gold deposits.
"they discovered the Buckland gold mine, and by the end of 1853, 6000 people had rushed there." Mining historian Andrew Swift said.
There are also many Chinese miners in the Buckland Valley in addition to European Americans and British Islanders. As a result, the relationship between the different ethnic groups began to become tense.
Old Panlook opened a store there, but soon closed in Australia's first Chinese exclusion uprising.
"Beechworth officials were asked to send someone there to manage the tension, but they didn't send anyone. "said Diann Talbot, a local historian.
"in the end, people decided to take care of themselves."
A hands-on decision was made at a meeting at the local hotel and was put into effect on July 4, 1857.
"the Buckland Valley is steep, and the gold rush can only take place on a narrow flat ground. Some places are only 300 meters wide but stretch 14 miles. "
"European absenteeism took over the top of the valley and started burning tents, driving the Chinese to the bottom of the valley. The lower they were, the worse things were."
Old Panlook left Buckland. After all, he went back, but the situation was different.
"my mother told me the story of her grandfather, old Panlook, who died of a heartbreak over Buckland's exclusion from China." Old Panlook's great-granddaughter Carol Moore said.
At the time of his father's death, William was only 11 years old, leaving him to take care of his five siblings and mother.
"my grandfather had a hard life." Moore said.
"he used to walk a long way behind his back to give it to his family when he was young, and he was laughed at all the way."
Nevertheless, he made good use of his gardening knowledge.
The family moved to the Ovens Valley next door and planted hops on their little farm.
The plant's clusters of green and yellow flowers are bitter beer flavours.
William and his brother, Ernest, built the Rostrevor Hops Garden in the 1890's to grow both in area and yield.
Increased production means more workers are needed to help harvest.
William advertised year-round in Melbourne's Argus newspaper for pickers.
Towards summer, Rostrevor Beer Garden opened its doors to welcome nearly 1000 pickers on a special train from Melbourne.
It became a temporary town during the harvest season.
The Panlooks family built a simple house for workers, as well as public kitchens, schools, police stations and a hall for entertainment and dancing.
People around the garden found a sense of community, and the garden employed a lot of people.
"the success of Rostrevor Beer Garden is huge," Ms. Moore said. "you can't do that without William."
Ms. Moore said her grandfather had a visionary idea in the 1950s: picking hops in local valleys and making beer out of fresh mountain water.
"this is the concept of craft beer," she added.
Hops now grown in Hop Products Australia (HPA)-owned Rostrevor Beer Gardens are used in a number of brands of craft beer, including Galaxy, Topaz, Vic Secret and Ella.
This is the largest beer garden in the southern hemisphere, and it is still expanding.
HPA has just bought more of the Panlook family's industry and is putting up hops growing wooden poles in the fields in preparation for next year's harvest.
Although the Buckland Chinese population has been small after the China exclusion riots, the legacy of the Panlook family continues to circulate.