Chinese Cemeteries in Australia (Series) Volume 13

Documents all Chinese Graves in this cemetery, gazetted 1856, both in Chinese section and elsewhere, with layout diagram, coloured photographs and drawings; records, translates and interprets all inscriptions on gravestones including Common Memorial and Burner; cross references names to signatures on Petitions, and to soul tablets in See Yup Temple Melbourne. Consideration of covert or explicit meanings and symbolism in inscriptions and names, and references to myths and legends of...
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Documents all Chinese Graves in this cemetery, gazetted 1856, both in Chinese section and elsewhere, with layout diagram, coloured photographs and drawings; records, translates and interprets all inscriptions on gravestones including Common Memorial and Burner; cross references names to signatures on Petitions, and to soul tablets in See Yup Temple Melbourne. Consideration of covert or explicit meanings and symbolism in inscriptions and names, and references to myths and legends of deities and heroes. Discussion of dating practices used in 19th century, and issues encountered with interpreting inscriptions written in the Colonies in determining correlation of dates in Chinese and Gregorian calendars. Extensive consideration of mid-19th century historical and social issues both in China and in the newly established Australian colonies as related to Chinese immigration during the Gold Rush in Victoria, and of specific origins and affiliations of Chinese immigrants, including evidence of their lodges in Ballarat.