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| CHINESE PIG OVEN | |
| Maps: (Note) |
Google Map Archeology LIDAR Map |
| Image: | Yes |
| CHINESE BUSINESSES | |
| B-01 General Store |
Location: This General Store at B-01 on the map was located on Lot 2 Section 1 Mudgee Road (290) This was situated in Chinatown Image:Yes |
| B-04 General Store Yock Mun Sung |
Location: This General Store, was located on either side of Dirt Hole Road. (538) |
| B-02 Hairdresser |
Location: This Hairdresser Shop was located on Lot 11 Section 3 on Mudgee Road (113) This business shared a building with C.E. Wright, Druggist and Chemist Image:Yes |
| B-03 Medicinal Store |
Location: This Medicinal Store was located on Lot 2 Section 4 on Mudgee Road (8) This Store was attached to the Royal Hotel Image:Yes |
| CHINESE CEMETERY | |
| Read the Narrative on this Cemetery Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| CHINESE CRIMES | |
| Name: | Offence |
| YOU | 1863 - Convicted of receiving Stolen Property |
| CHINESE DAMS, RESERVOIRS & WATER RACES | |
| W-01 | Canton Waterhole Golden Gully Close to and just to the north east of the Canton Line, it appears to occupy the area that was once the large dam for the Golden Gully an Tambaroora Sluicing Co. in 1912. Detail shown on Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-02 | Sluice Race Tambaroora Creek Di Young located on Tambaroora Creek which also formed Di Young's Sluice Race on the east side of Red Hill. Detail on Gold Lease Application 10 Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-03 | Water Race Tambaroora Creek One Hoy Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-04 | Dam Poormans Gully Ah Hie 1869 Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-05 | Dam and Race Tambaroora Creek Ah Tong, Ah Lucy, Ah Hie, Sin You, Ah Choi, Applied for a Dam and Race for sluicing purposes at Tambaroora Creek situated on the right hand side of the road going to the Big Engine. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-06 | Water Race Tambaroora Creek Hock Nee Goon Wa 10 Feb 1870, applied for one race 100yds and a tail race 50yds long, for mining purposes. The races are situated near the old Chinese Church, Tambaroora. Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-07 | Water Races Poormans Gully & Tambaroora Creek Ah Cow, Ah Yee, Sin Mow, Sin Chewey, 16 Nov 1870, applied for three water races, 1. was 300 yds long, 2. was 300 yds long and 3. a tail race 400 yds long for sluicing purposes at Poormans Gully and Tambaroora Creek. On the 23 Nov they applied for a Dam in the same Location. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-08 | Water Races Tambaroora Creek Con Young, Ah Sue, 20 Jan 1871, applied for two water races, 1. was 90 yds long and 2. a tail race 40 yds long for sluicing purposes near Mr. Walpoles residence at Tambaroora Creek. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-09 | Dam and Race Tambaroora Creek Tay Lee, Ah Ye, Ah Ton, Ah Chong, Ah Toy, Sin You, Ah Choey, 28 Jan 1871, applied for a Water Race and Dam for sluicing purposes on Tambaroora Creek, the Water Race was 600 yds long with a Dam, in connection with their Claim. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-10 | Water Races Tambaroora Creek Bung War, Chung Young, 13 Feb 1871, applied for a Dam for domestic purposes in Poormans Gully. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-11 | Dam and Water Race Dirt Hole Creek Ah Loy, 13 Feb 1871, applied for a Dam and Water Race. The Dam was to be in the Creek and the Water Race was be be 200 yds long and to be used for puddling for mining purposes. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) The actual Site is unknown and could be anywhere along the Creek. |
| W-12 | Dam and Race Hayes Flat, Tambaroora Ah Fun, Ah Fat, Ah Yeuu, Ah Why, 28 Mar 1871, applied for a Dam of 1/4 acre for sluicing purposes. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) The exact Location on Hayes Flat is unknown. |
| W-13 | Dam Tambaroora Creek Ah Sup, 17 May 1871, applied for a 1/4 acre Dam. The Dam was to be for sluicing. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) The actual Site is unknown and could be anywhere along the Creek. |
| W-14 | Dam 1/4 acre Hayes Flat, Tambaroora Sun Zuy, Ah Puck, Sung Mow, Ah Wau, 23 May 1871, applied for a Dam of 1/4 acre for sluicing purposes on Hayes Flat Tambaroora. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-15 | Dam 1/4 acre Chui Choy & Party Golden Gully 13 Jun 1871 Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) Exact Location is unknown. |
| W-16 | Dam 1/2 acre Poormans Gully, Tambaroora Ah Ku, Ah Kee, Ueeong Mong, Ah Sen, Ah Ten, 28 May 1871, applied for a Dam of 1/4 acre for sluicing purposes in Poormans Gully Tambaroora. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) Exact Location is unknown. |
| W-17 | Dam 25yds wide Near Hodges Paddock, Tambaroora Ah Zee, Ah Sing, Ah Linn, 19 Aug 1871, applied for a Dam 25yds wide for sluicing purposes near Hodges Paddock, Tambaroora. The Dam is on Three Mens Ground Reg. No.185. The dam was constructed 3 months previously. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) Exact Location is unknown but this might be the stone wall dam. |
| W-18 | Dam 1 acre in the Creek opposite the Public School Goon Wa (143), Ah Teu (257), 9 Nov 1871, applied for a Dam for sluicing purposes in the Creek opposite the Public School, Tambaroora. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-19 | Dam 30yds x 15 yds Wah Yet Moonlight Gully 11 Dec 1871, applied for a Dam near his established garden. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-20 | Dam Ah Sing Red Hill 20 Jan 1872, applied for a Dam and a Garden (G-04) (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-21 | Dam Coe Pack Red Hill 28 Mar 1872, applied for a Dam (W-21), it was held by him for 7 years previous. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) Exact position unknown |
| W-22 | Dam Ah Chong Near Hodges Paddock, Tambaroora Creek 19 May 1873, applied for a Dam (W-22), 40 yds wide, and constructed by him. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) Exact position unknown |
| W-23 | Dam, Water Race & River Claim Toy Lee & Party Tambaroora Creek Aug 1873, applied for a Dam, Water Race & River Claim (W-23), for sluicing purposes at Tambaroora Creek. The claim had been held and worked by the Party for years previous. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) Exact position unknown |
| W-24 | Dam 1 acre Paling Yards Creek Ah Sow, Ah Lay, Ah Fow, and Cow Foy, 29 Oct 1873, applied for a Dam for sluicing purposes. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| W-25 | Dam 1 acre Ah Yik Tambaroora Creek Applied for a Dam for garden purposes (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) Exact position unknown |
| W-26 | Dam Ah Sine Ah Dow Dirt Hole Creek 17 Mar 1887, applied for a Dam for sluicing purposes (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) Exact position unknown |
| W-27 | Reservoir Ah Hoon Golden Gully, Tambaroora 14 Jun 1893, applied for a Reservoir 30 yds square for domestic purposes near Golden Gully, Tambaroora (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) Exact position unknown |
| 27th Feb 1864 | Chinese Travelling Theatre or Circus Comes to Town |
| CHINESE GARDENS | |
| G-01 | Garden located on Tambaroora Creek west of the township, this garden occupied an area identified as being in the vicinity of District Lot 96 prior to being purchased by John HODGE in 1870. (516) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| G-02 | Garden originally located on District Lot 50 in Moonlight Gully, south west of the township, this garden occupied an area of approximately 2 acres, the lot was originally applied for by Thomas Cox in 1867 as an Improved Purchase but was forfeited possibly due to non compliance of the conditions of the sale. (293) Cox transferred the land and improvements which consisted of a Hut of two rooms, a Garden of about two acres and two dams to Wah Yet on the 9 Nov 1871.(586) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| G-03 | Di Young Garden located on Tambaroora Creek, identified on Gold Lease Application 10 Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| G-04 | Garden Ah Sing Red Hill Applied for a Garden and a Dam (W-20) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| G-05 | Garden located on Tambaroora Creek, Red Hill, identified on Gold Mining Application GL 1046 of 1876 (541) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| CHINESE INCIDENTS | |
| 20th Mar 1858 | Disturbance between Chinese and Europeans | 1st Jul 1872 | Great Australian GMC Mining Mangers Report Chinese moved off the Company Ground |
| CHINESE INTERPRETERS | |
| 17th Dec 1859 | Candidates for Chinese Interpreter Three persons were nominated: W. SENGCHAI, Alexander ACHAI, and ASSAMPO |
| CHINESE MINING | |
| MA-01 | Claim Sin Kin Claim Tambaroora Creek Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| MA-03 | Hong Kong Line Between Newmans Gully and Red Hill, the Hong Kong Line runs approximately in a NE to SW direction across Tambaroora Creek down thru Lots 51, 52, 71 and 72 before changing direction to the SE and entering an un-named gully. It was reported as joining Wythes (Whites) Line at Knight and Partys lease. The Line was named after the departure Port from which the Chinese came to Australia. 1872 saw the name change to the Ajax Line when a Mr. McEachern started the Ajax Gold Mining Company and renamed the Line in favour of the new Company. Image: Ajax (Hong Kong), Denmark and Whites Line Shaft Layout - West Tambaroora Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| MA-04 | Canton Line located in Golden Gully this Line was one of the very few where the Chinese undertook to reef mine. Some of these undertakings proved very rewarding for those who undertook the risks. Named after the province in which the vast majority of the Chinese came from. Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| MA-05 | Claim Hoy Kee Tambaroora Creek Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
MA-06 | Gold Lease 1208 Ah Gay Golden Gully, Tambaroora Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
MA-07 | Gold Lease 1208 Wah Yet Golden Gully, Tambaroora Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| CHINESE ON THE GOLDFIELD | |
| 1st Sep 1858 | Description of, and Population of the Chinese on the Goldfield |
| CHINESE NAMES | |
| A list of names found in various documents |
| CHINESE OCCUPIED AREAS | |
| OA-01 | Chinatown This settlement was to eventually become the hub of the Chinese presence in Tambaroora circa 1872. See also OA-11 and OA-03 for details on the first Chinese settlements. Location: 1922 Map (371) In and around Section 1 on the northern boundary of the town. Section One was first located on the east side of Mudgee Road as shown on the 1877 Map, some time after 1877 it was re-located to the west side of the road as seen on the 1892 Map. Section One in the 1892 map partially covers Chinatown. As can be seen in this Allocation of New Lot Numbers and Deposited Plan Number for Section 1, a new DP was issued in 2006 which covered this Section, it changed Lot numbers and combined some of the Lots, Lot 1 became Lot 7022, Lot 2 did not change and was not included in the new DP, Lots 3 and 4 were combined to make Lot 7023 and the unnumbered Lots in the western portion of the Section were allocated Lot 7021. Images: of Chinatown in 1872 and late 1890's |
| OA-02 | Hut and Garden located close to and just to the north of the Canton Line, circa 1911. Detail shown on Gold Lease Application 264 Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-03 | Camp Hong Kong Line There was also a settlement 1.6kms due west of the township, mostly likely in the vicinity of the Hong Kong Line, its era is not yet established. (536) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-04 | Di Young Hut, Garden and Water Race located on Tambaroora Creek which also formed Di Young's Water Race on the east side of Red Hill. Identified on Gold Lease Application 10 Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-06 | Vegetable Garden George Ah Chung located on part of the former Commissioners Camp/Police Reserve. As noted on Gold Lease Application 226 The application was anotated as "G. Ah Chung died 26-8-10 land not now cultivated". Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-07 | Reserved Area Sin Kin Situated in the vicinity north west of Chinatown, identified on Gold Lease Application 275 Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-08 |
Camp Detail of a Chinese Camp noted on Gold Lease Application 983, located close to and just to the north west of the Canton Line, circa 1874. Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-10 | Hut One Hoy located on Tambaroora Creek, identified on Gold Lease Application 10 Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-11 | First Settlement See Notes on the First Settlement |
| OA-12 | Hut Ah Lea Tambaroora Creek near Paling Yard. (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-13 | Hut Co Ting Golden Gully, actual site is unknown (538) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-14 | Hut Chinese Camp Golden Gully, near northern town boundary of Bald Hills (Hill End) (562) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| OA-15 | Hut Chinese Camp Golden Gully, near southern town boundary of Tambaroora (562) Location: (Note) 1922 Map (371) |
| CHINESE POPULATION | |
| 1st Sep 1858 | Description of, and Population of the Chinese on the Goldfield |
| CHINESE JOSS HOUSE | |
| Notes: | Read the Narrative on this Church |
| Location: (Note) |
1922 Map (371) |