Chinese Cemeteries in Australia (Series) Volume 14

Follows on from Vol 13 on Ballarat Old Cemetery; documents all Chinese gravestones in this 19th Century cemetery's Chinese section with layout diagram, coloured photographs and drawings; records, translates and interprets all inscriptions on gravestones including Memorial Gate to the Chinese Forebears erected in the 1990s; 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...
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Follows on from Vol 13 on Ballarat Old Cemetery; documents all Chinese gravestones in this 19th Century cemetery's Chinese section with layout diagram, coloured photographs and drawings; records, translates and interprets all inscriptions on gravestones including Memorial Gate to the Chinese Forebears erected in the 1990s; 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 inscriptions, and issues in crossreferencing dates in Chinese and Gregorian calendars. Analysis of name groups and origins where explicitly shown, and of lodge affiliations in Ballarat.