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gold ‘n greens A HISTORY OF THE CHINESE OF MALMSBURY AND DISTRICT COMPILED BY SUSAN WALTER ON BEHALF OF MALMSBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2010 Table of Contents List of Illustrations vi 1 Finding the Records – Uncovering the Paper Trail 1 2 First Anonymous Accounts of a Chinese Presence in Malmsbury District 5 3 Miners - “Indefatigable Industry and Great Economy” 11 4 Living Conditions on the Goldfields – “He was in a most miserably wretched state, also the hut” 25 5 Gardens and Gardeners – “numerous customers who are well pleased at the clean manner in which his garden operations are carried out” 35 Lauriston 38 Drummond 67 Kyneton 69 Malmsbury 90 Taradale 103 Wombat State Forest 111 6 Storekeepers, Hawkers and Other Occupations – “Hopes to merit a share of patronage” 125 7 Chinese and The Law – “No food since Tuesday. He was ordered to be sent to Bendigo Gaol” 137 8 Planting Roots – “In Victoria sixteen years and am desirous of settling therein” 157 9 Appendices A Chinese in Local Rate Records – Malmsbury, Glenlyon, Kyneton, Taradale 172 B Local Chinese and the Law – A sample of crimes by and against, court appearances of, verdicts and prison sentences 181 C Hospital Admissions of Local Chinese 197 D Deaths, Inquests and Causes of Death of Local Chinese 202 E Signatures etc. of Local Chinese Men 208 Index 211 List of Illustrations Figure 1 Portion of Taradale Mining Division Goldfields Map 1861 10 Figure 2 Numbers of European, Chinese and Total Miners; Taradale Mining Division 1859-1865 12 Figure 3 A section of the 10NW Quarter Sheet of the Geological Survey of Victoria (c1862) (possibly showing the Chinamen‟s track) 15 Figure 4 Portion of Burke Parish plan covering the areas of the Coliban River, Honeysuckle Creek and Shepherd‟s Hut Creek 40 Figure 5 Portion of Burke Parish plan showing Ah Toon‟s and Ah Heng‟s Garden site 42 Figure 6 Map of Ah Heng‟s garden site 43 Figure 7 Map of Ah Toon‟s garden site 54 Figure 8 William Foun or Ah Foon in 1948 64 Figure 9 Portion of Kyneton Township plan showing gardens near Piper St 70 Figure 10 Aerial View of Kyneton 1936 78 Figure 11 Portion of Lauriston Parish plan showing location of Rogers‟ farm 79 Figure 12 Portion of Kyneton Township plan showing location of Kyneton Hospital and vicinity 80 Figure 13 Portion of Lauriston Parish plan showing location of View Point 88 Figure 14 Chinese Market Gardener, Lew Poo of View Point, Kyneton 1939 89 Figure 15 Portion of Malmsbury Township plan showing Section 3 and location of gardens 90 Figure 16 Relics found at the site of the Malmsbury Chinese market garden 91 Figure 17 Receipt from Borough of Malmsbury Pound to Ah Lip in1891 95 Figure 18 Photo of Ah Lipp (?) from SLV 96 Figure 19 Photo of Ah Lipp taken from his 1915 CEDT application 96 Figure 20 Emily and Daisy Lipp outside a cottage in Malmsbury c1898 96 Figure 21 Ah Lipp‟s CEDT Application 1915 99 Figure 22 Headstone of Charlie Ah Chuck at Kyneton Cemetery 103 Figure 23 Portion of Taradale Township plan showing the location of Charles St and the Police Paddock 104 Figure 24 Portion of Taradale Township plan showing the location of Section 14, Patterson St & Ah Quong‟s land 107 Figure 25 Portion of Metcalfe Parish plan showing the location of Arblaster‟s land 109 Figure 26 The Kimm‟s shop of 61 Piper St, Kyneton 127 Figure 27 Prison photo 1 of Ah Chung 149 Figure 28 Prison photo 2 of Ah Chung 149 Figure 29 Prison photo of Ah Gung 150 Figure 30 Prison photo of Ah Sin alias Ah Fook, alias Yen Goon, alias Chin Goon c1887 151 Figure 31 William Lipp and friends c1900 160 Figure 32 Nellie (Lipp) Hoyune and children c1913 161 Figure 33 Emily (Lipp) Kim and family c1924 161 Figure 34 Margaret (Lipp) Lim and family c1918 162 Figure 35 Ada (Lipp) Yum Wah and children c1915 163 Figure 36 Daisy (Lipp) and Tom War or Waugh c1940 163 Figure 37 George and Olga Lipp c1918 164 Table 1 Names of Local Chinese Miners 1859-1912 18 Table 2 Summary of Local Chinese Population Statistics from Victorian Census Returns 1861-1901 26 Table 3 Habitations of Local Chinese in 1881 27 Table 4 Total Numbers of Each Type of Habitation in Each Shire 1881 28 Table 5 Occupations and Residences of Local Chinese Men Admitted to Hospitals and Asylums 1867-1890 32 Table 6 Occupations and residences of Local Chinese Men Admitted to Hospitals and Asylums 1891-1916 33 Table 7 Sites of Chinese Gardens by Location and Approximate Dates of Occupation 36 Table 8 Occupations of Male Chinese in Victoria 1891 128 Index Ah Fook, see Wong Ah Fook Ah Fook, see Yen Goon Ah Foon or Tap Foon 41, 61, 64 Names and places in the Appendices are not Ah Fouk, see also Wong Ah Fook. 25 indexed Ah Fun 49, 62, 147 For specific cemetery names, see under Ah Fung, see Ah Fong “Cemeteries”, not the place name Ah Gaa or Tin Cow of Tan Kar 146 For specific courts see under Courts, not the place Ah Garn 62 name Ah Gee, Francis A 166 For specific gaols, see under Gaols, not the place Ah Gong 25 name Ah Gooey, Henry and family 169 For specific hospitals and asylums, see under Ah Goon, see Yen Goon Hospitals, not the place name Ah Gung, see Ah Ching (Elphinstone) Specific mine names and locations are under the Ah Hahn or Hanha or Hoon 37 70-2, 75 heading of Mines/Mining Ah Heen 31 For street names, see under specific town names Ah Hem, see also Ah Him or Hem, 131 Ah Hen 106, 109 Aberdeen Hill, see Forest Creek Ah Heng, see Ah Hing Abbott, Mr 73 Ah Him 35, 106 Adamson, Frederick 92-3 Ah Him or Hem or Wong Ah Him and family, 109- Afghan 142 111, 169 Ah Can, see Ah Kan Ah Him, Adelaide 110 Ah Chee (Malmsbury and Lauriston) 93 Ah Him, John 110-1 Ah Chee (Redesdale) 131 Ah Him, Reginald 103, 110-1 Ah Cheang/Cheong/Cheung/Chong/Chung 31, 37, Ah Him, William 110-1 61-4, 72, 82, 84, 125 Ah Hin 25 Ah Cheong or Ah Hon, Charlie 71-2, 75, 127 Ah Hing or Heng or Hin or Hem 31, 39, 41-52, 56, Ah Ching (Taradale) 31 58, 62, 65, 146-7, 153 Ah Ching alias Ah Wong 57-8, 131 Ah Hock 28 Ah Ching or Gung (Elphinstone) 148-9 Ah Hon, Charlie, see Ah Cheong, Charlie Ah Chong (Boort) 162 Ah Hong 79-82, 85, 87 Ah Chu 74-5 Ah Hong or Hing, Louie 76, 89-90 Ah Chuck, Charlie or Ah Pook, see Ah Took Ah Hoon, see Ah Hahn etc Ah Chung (Avoca) 152 Ah Hoy (Kyneton) 72 Ah Chung (Ballarat) 148 Ah Hoy (Kimbolton) 131 Ah Chung (Kyneton) 132, 152 Ah Hung (Boort) 162 Ah Chung (Taradale), see also Ah Shing 132 Ah Hung, James 71-2 Ah Chung, see Quong Ming or Ning Ah Jo, see Tok Pon Ah Cloy 61-2 Ah Kan or Can 106, 133 Ah Cong 61-2 Ah Keng Ki 38, 108-9 Ah Cong, see Si Kong Ah Ket or Kit 106 Ah Coon, Charlie 130 Ah Kimm or Kim or Look Ah Kim (Kyneton) and Ah Dan or Tan 77-8 family 37, 70, 72-4, 99, 127, 158-9 Ah Dore, Samuel 185 Ah Kimm, Arthur 73, 79 Ah Fan 22 Ah Kimm, William 73 Ah Fang 37, 145 Ah Kin or Khin or Tah Kim (Malmsbury) 8, 31, 35- Ah Fang, Charlie 77 6, 90-2, 100 Ah Fat 150 Ah Kit 132 Ah Fee 74-5 Ah Lae 147 Ah Fong (Taradale) 38, 108 Ah Lee Sam, see Lee Sam Ah Fong or Fung (Kyneton) 37, 75-6, 79 Ah Lie, see Ah Lye Ah Fong, Charlie (Kyneton) 37, 75-7 Ah Lim, George and family 98, 159, 162 Ah Fong, George (Kyneton) 37, 71, 75 Ah Lin 168 Ah Fong, Willie or Billy Fong 62 Ah Ling 127 Ah Fooh, William, see Foun, William Ah Ling (Drummond) 31, 68 Ah Fook, William, see Foun, William Ah Lipp, Ada 62, 65, 94, 97-8, 163 Ah Fook (Kimbolton) 131 Ah Lipp, Charles and family 64-5, 92-102, 125, Ah Fook, see also Chin Goon, 152 146, 159-64 Ah Lipp, Daisy 94, 96-8, 163-4 Ah Sin, see Ah Sing (Drummond) Ah Lipp, Ellen/Nellie 64, 93, 97,157, 160 Ah Sin, see Yen Goon Ah Lipp, Emily 94, 96-8, 161-2 Ah Sing or Sin (Drummond) 31, 35, 37, 67-8 Ah Lipp, George 94, 97-9, 164 Ah Sing, see Ah Toy Ah Lipp, Margaret 94, 98, 162 Ah Sing, see Si Kong Ah Lipp, William 65, 92-3, 98, 160 Ah Sing (Boort) 162 Ah Loon, Charles or Ah Soon, 37, 80-2, 132, 150 Ah Sing (Kyneton) 31 Ah Louie (Lauriston) 41, 51, 62 Ah Sing (Lauriston) 36, 41-2, 48, 67 Ah Louie, George Sunkin, see Ah Sim, George Ah Sing (Taradale), see also Chung Tie, 68 Ah Lowe, see Ki Hing Ah Sing, Lizzie, see Wilson, Elizabeth or Lizzie Ah Luck 8 Ah Soo, see Ah Sue Ah Lui 79 Ah Soon, Charles, see Ah Loon Ah Luie, William, see Ah Sim, William Ah Sue or Soo 62 Ah Lung 81 Ah Suey, see also Lee Suey 31, 37, 68-9 Ah Lye or Lie 102-3, 110 Ah Suey, Lizzie, see Wilson, Elizabeth or Lizzie Ah Me or Mee or Ah Nee 81, 132, 151 Ah Tack or Too or Took alias Ah Sam 26, 31, 53-4, Ah Monn or Mon, see Ah Mun 56, 58, 63, 148 Ah Moon 86 Ah Tak, see Ah Tack Ah Mouy, Louis 21, 142, 153 Ah Tan, see Ah Dan Ah Mow (Kyneton) 38, 77-8 Ah Tay, see Ah Toy Ah Moy 102 Ah Teong, see Ah Tong Ah Moy (Taradale) 38, 104-5, 113 Ah Teop 61-2 Ah Mun or Monn 62, 147 Ah Teung 37, 52, 62 Ah Nee, see Ah Mee Ah Tew 29 Ah Nen, see Ah Nin Ah Tim, see Ah Tin Ah Nin 31, 37, 68 Ah Tin (Kyneton) 72 Ah Pew 146 Ah Ting 84 Ah Ping 105 Ah Tiong, see Ah Tong Ah Piy 69 Ah Tom 22, 41 Ah Poo 113 Ah Tong or Tiong or Teong or Ying, see also Fong Ah Poo, Charlie 38, 88-9, 168 Ah Tong and Louey Ah Tong, 37, 62-4 Ah Pook, Charlie, see Ah Took, Charlie Ah Too, see Ah Tack Ah Pow (Taradale) 113 Ah Took (Drummond) 41 Ah Poy (Taradale) 25 Ah Took, see Ah Tack Ah Poy (Woodend) Ah Took or Pook or Ah Chuck, Charlie 38, 103 Ah Pung, see Ah Ping Ah Tooey or Touey or Touie 25, 31, 37, 132, 133 Ah Quin Quan 168 Ah Toon or Teung, Sam or On Toon 25, 28, 31, 36, Ah Quong or Quin or Quinn, Mark, see Quinn, Mark 41-2, 45-6, 49, 52-62, 64, 146 Ah Quong (Kyneton) 37, 77-78 Ah Touie, see Quong Loo Ah Quong (Taradale) 107-8 Ah Toy or Tay, alias Ah Sing 61, 125 Ah Rit (as A Rit) 6 Ah Tree 131 Ah Sak Ah Tui 79, 83 Ah Sam, see Ah Tack Ah Wah 83 Ah