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site may identify related pieces from which a further assessment can be
made.
Item 259 (photograph [line drawing and bitmap] 41) is the base of a large
whisky bottle. It is dark green ('black') glass from a cup-based mould, and
of quite crude manufacture. The base is embossed "P(?) DAWSON
DUFFTOWN GLENLlVET". There is evidence that this find has been
flaked.
Item 349 (photograph [line drawing and bitmap] 42) is another whisky
bottle - in this case complete except for the lip and part of the neck, which
may be included elsewhere in the assemblage. This bottle is embossed on
the base "6 TO GALLON". A version of this slogan has already been
discussed in connection with a bottle base from Chinaman's Well,
associated with Bell Brand whisky. This product was available in
Milparinka during the mid 1890s, but note there is a subtle difference, in
that the embossed slogan has changed from "6 TO THE GALLON"..
Item 265 (not photographed) is the rim of a pickle bottle, 46mm in
diameter. This rim diameter suggests a bottle which was mid-sized,
perhaps containing 8 ounces of product.
Item 241 (photograph 43a) is a small piece of plate glass, 8.5mm thick. It is
more green than the larger piece of similar glass found at Chinaman's
Well. The presence of plate glass at both the Milparinka Chinese sites is
an enigma. I suspect it is associated with religious observance, but have
found no reference to such an application. To my knowledge it has not
been reported at other Chinese sites in Australia or New Zealand.
Item 243 (photograph 43b) is from the side of a perfume bottle. Reference
to Ritchie (1986:194) has enabled identification of the bottle as being from
Roger & Gallet, of Paris. Item 550 is very likely the base of the same
bottle, and measured 62mm by 18mm.
Item 8 (photograph 44) is comprised of four window-glass fragments, 2mm
thick. Similar window glass was found in a number of other quadrats. Apart
from being very thin, a straight line has been scored on each side of the
four pieces. It is not possible to categorically state the reason for the
scoring, but it could relate to keying putty to the glass or fixing the glass
into leadlight channel. No remnant putty was noted adhering to the glass,
and no leadlight channel was recovered from the site.
8.2.8j Wire hooks etc
(photograph 45)
Several items fashioned from wire were found at Chinaman's Garden Well.
These range from hooks or hangers, and a tent peg, to wire which
probably came from a "Kidman gate" - a panel of fence which can be
lowered to the ground to form an opening. These panels are often found
on rural properties, and consists of two bush poles, one at each end of the