Records related to Chinese people on the Victorian Goldfields, 1860-1869

Subject	Gold mines and mining
	Gold mines and mining--History
	Australia--Politics and government
	Victoria
	Foreign workers, Chinese
	Chinese language
Category	1. Settlement
Keywords	Proclamation
Current Holder	National Library of Australia
Period Of Reference	1860/1869
Series Number	MS Acc14.021
Item Number	6447703
Access Rights	Request at location
Rights	Copyright Undetermined, Copying permitted for research purposes.
Country Of Origin	Australia
Language	Chinese
Language	English
Description From Source	0.03 m (1 folder) Folder comprises three handwritten Victorian government proclamations. The first in Chinese script seeks help identifying a murdered Chinese miner on the Ararat Goldfields in 1860. The second condemns the practice by Chinese interpreters of demanding bribes in exchange for supposed protection from authorities, 1869. The third is an official warning of the penalties for lighting grassfires, issued 13 January 1867 and is a translation of the Chinese language original held in the National Library of Australia Asian Collections.
Physical Format	Pamphlets
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