Name/Title
Bew Chip's RegisterDescription
Bew Chip, was a resident of the Hill End district for 72 years. He arrived in 1865 at the age of 19, and began life as a goldminer. Between 1865 and 1890, Bew Chip sent gold back to China, initially gold-dust carried by returning countrymen and later gold sovereigns sent through Chinese firms with branches in Sydney and Shekki, near Canton. Bew Chip kept a record of his remittances in a little book. As very few Chinese gravestones have survived in the area, the Register is a rare source of names and villages of some of Tambaroora's Chinese mining population, of clan networks and early firms carrying on a remittance trade between Sydney, Hong Kong and China. This little book has been translated and annotated by historical linguist Ely Finch (translator of Wong Shee Ping's "The Poison of Polygamy) with an introduction outlining the background to Bew Chip's life and times as a goldminer and vegetable grower in the Tambaroora and Hill End goldfield area.Book Details
Author
Juanita KwokPublication Translator
Ely FinchPublisher
Hill End and Tambaroora Gathering Group Inc.Place Published
* Untyped Place Published
Carlton, NSWPlace Printed
* Untyped Place Printed
Carlton, NSWDate Printed
2022Publication Subjects
From the National Library of Australia Catalogue:
Chip, Bew
Gold miners -- New South Wales -- History -- 19th century
Emigrant remittance -- China -- History -- 19th century
Gold mines and mining -- New South Wales -- History -- 19th century
Chinese -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
Family history, tracing ancestors
Australian history
AustralianCall No.
994.004951 KWOKISBN
9780980613261