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it may also be that they simply chose not to return to their ancestral village and merged as best they could into the anonymity of the Australian outback. I am hopeful that the archaeological evidence at Milparinka will assist is resolving this and other questions in relation to the Chinese who in their old age continued to live and work in Australia.
PART 3 - THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MILPARINKA Chapter 4 THE MOUNT BROWNE GOLDRUSH 4.0 Introduction Milparinka was established as a service centre for the Mount Browne Goldfield. Unlike most goldfield townships, it was some distance from the source of the gold, having been established adjacent to a source of water, which, under the circumstances, was a greater consideration. From the beginning the scarcity of water was a major concern on this goldfield, and the prevalence of scurvy and of diseases associated with polluted water and poor hygiene were recurring themes in early Goldfield Warden's reports. This chapter outlines the early history of the Mount Browne goldfield and that information which is available regarding Chinese involvement in working the field. At no time was there an extensive Chinese presence, and for the first several years no Chinese were actually digging for gold, even though they were definitely present in the district. An explanation for this appears to lie in the alternate opportunities which presented themselves to a group who were alienated from the more numerous Europeans, and who were uniquely equipped to benefit from the combination of a remote location and an arid red-soil environment. My aim is to emphasise the perception with which the Chinese developed their strategy for success at Milparinka. I have looked closely at the nature of this gold field and the difficulties associated with the working of it. In my final evaluation I propose to contrast the outcome of that assessment with the activities which the combined archaeological and historical record suggests were followed by the Chinese. From this I will suggest that, although not outstandingly successful, the Chinese strategy was clearly quite appropriate. 4.1 The Mount Browne Goldrush 4.1.1 Discovery of Gold The reputed discovery of gold (see Paragraph 2.2.5 above) at Mount Poole was met with considerable scepticism in Wilcannia, and the Wilcannia Times, along with major newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne, and on goldfields such as Temora in New South Wales, repeatedly warned against 'any headlong rush'. However, on January 20, 1881 the Wilcannia newspaper gave notice of a meeting called 'for the purpose of forming an association to prospect the country round Mount Poole' (The Wilcannia Times, January 20, 1881 :3), and the next issue reported that a committee
Page 1 and 2: THE . BOOKBINDING COMPANY
Page 3 and 4: • for Thomas Wakefield Chambers,
Page 5 and 6: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A great many peopl
Page 7 and 8: TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1 RESEARCH A
Page 10 and 11: 8.2 Chinaman's Garden Well 8.1.7g C
Page 12 and 13: PLATES MAPS DESCRIPTIVE STATISITICS
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Page 16 and 17: Note regarding expression of curren
Page 18 and 19: European expansion along the Darlin
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Page 22 and 23: 1.4 Research Site 1.4.1 Location of
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Page 28 and 29: PART2·GENERALBACKGROUND Chapter 2
Page 30 and 31: here also is to be seen indications
Page 32 and 33: 2.2.3 Expansion West of the Darling
Page 34 and 35: people from a variety of cultural b
Page 36 and 37: Wilcannia (WBC.1) dating from this
Page 38 and 39: Chapter 3 THE CHINESE IN RURAL AUST
Page 40 and 41: migrant's loyalties to family proba
Page 42 and 43: 3.1.3 Attitudes towards Chinese on
Page 44 and 45: Considerable attention was given in
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Page 52 and 53: Sources located during my research
Page 54 and 55: the high cost of transporting mater
Page 56 and 57: conditions.. .' However, the Austra
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Page 60 and 61: But everyone did not live around Ch
Page 62 and 63: In May 1885, Thomas Chambers was ap
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Page 66 and 67: 1884, the adjoining block (Section
Page 68 and 69: All the Heuzenroder holdings were t
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Page 72 and 73: hotel's survival. Robert Kelly, how
Page 74 and 75: twenty head impounded, seven of whi
Page 76 and 77: 5.3 The Commercial Banking Company
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Page 84 and 85: The community at Tibooburra were th
Page 86 and 87: on the Sabbath, allowing pigs to wa
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Page 91 and 92: water for washing. Last two week. W
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Chinese. The woman comes backwards
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Little Annie M'Lean, daughter of Mr
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temporary dwellings, comprised of "
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Chapter 7 SITE DESCRIPTIONS 7.0 Int
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7.1.3 Artefact Scatter The followin
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7.1.6 Soil Samples Soil samples obt
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ecord, and of stone foundations in
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Chinese assemblages studied by othe
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TOTAL FINDS In the process of clean
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8.0.2 Cultural Characteristics of C
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six types - 's' hooks, pegs with a
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transported away from the main area
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encountered on hollowwares from bot
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Item 744 A 14mm four-hole brass but
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All three coins were minted prior t
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describe them as opium-tincture via
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circular open-topped corrugated iro
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have resided in the vicinity. A det
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Some reasonably straightforward tes
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inside rim is also decorated, in th
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Examination of glaze variations sug
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Item#Top 26 50 • 72 107 109 229 2
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panel, between which three to five
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PARTS SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 9.0 I
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existed were contemporaneous, or th
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9.2.1 Chinaman's Well At Chinaman's
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associated with the actual well, al
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The presence at Chinaman's Garden W
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China. Chinaman's Well and Chinaman
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existed between the Baker family an
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Bibliography AHERN Emily M. 1973 Th
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CUNNINGHAM G.M., MULHAM W.E., MILTH
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NEEDHAM Joseph 1986 Science and Civ
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TRAVERS Robert 1981 Australian Mand
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Aust Post NAB NSWDE NSWLA NSWPD NSW
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Appendix A CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS of
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in their hurry at crossing, and bei
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attempt at concealment of them, but
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Another coach, owned by J.A.Scott o
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Western Australia on 7 July 1894 (S
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Appendix C SUMMARY OF LAND DEALINGS
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237 83 8 20 19130526 Roderick Murch
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Appendix E SMALL BUSINESS, EDUCATIO
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there is no record as to when his b
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A endix E Small business, services
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Appendix F "Cox's Well" F.O Introdu
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Fifty meters upstream of the chimne
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G.2 Manufacturing Techniques The ev
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Tabulated outcome of Bottle Base an
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Bottle base variants (sheet 1 of 2)
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Frequency table for: FUNCTION Weigh
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Frequency table for: F-CRAFT Weight
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BOWL-S 197 3.0% FLAT 58 0.9% GLASS
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APPENDIX I DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS C
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Frequency table for: F-VESSEL # of
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APPENDIX H DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS C
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Frequency table for: F-VESSEL Weigh
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Frequency table for: F-PERSON Weigh
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APPENDIX I DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS C
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Frequency table for: F-HOUSE # ofar
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