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== Introduction ==
Large numbers of Chinese came to Victoria in the 1860s and 70s to work on the [[Gold mining (2)|gold]] fields. They tended to work over gold fields that had already been worked by the European Australians. They were very hard working. see also ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/9/1869|Alexandra110/9/1869]])
Tension between the European and Chinese miners sometimes came to the surface and there were race riots at [[Buckland|Buckland]] on the [[Ovens River|Ovens]] in [[1854-1863 Events|1857]]. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/8/1865|Argus15/8/65]])
The Chinese were also store keepers and market gardeners and they added to the cultural life of towns like [[Beechworth|Beechworth]] where there were about 4,000 Chinese at one stage.
In 1866 a group of Chinese market gardeners moved from Victoria to New South Wales because of the tariffs. How did they live and organise their garden. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/6/1866|Argus13/6/66]])
Working in the vineyards ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 19/3/1870|T&C19/3/1870]])
Murder at Myrtleford ([[The Argus at KellyGang 11/9/1871|Argus11/9/71]])
Another murder of a Chinaman at the [[Woolshed|Woolshed]] ([[The Argus at KellyGang 7/5/1874|Argus7/5/74]])
During the late 1870s there were Chinese miners at [[Sebastopol|Sebastopol]] and [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] had a lot of contact with them. He could speak Cantonese and he had acquired their taste for opium. Some have suggested that Joe got the idea for [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] from the Chinese.
More details of Chinese tradesmen ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/6/1880|Argus9/6/80]])
The Chinese wore hats that looked like straw umbrellas and shoes with turned up toes. They also had loose jackets and trousers. They recovered gold after the European miners had taken it all. Then they enjoyed gambling on the game of fan tan and looking after their fowls and pigs.
They had great respect for the family and in particular their ancestors and they built joss houses in many of their camps.
== Chinese at KellyGang ==
We have a problem with the Chinese names. They were written down and pronounced by people who could not speak chinese. The Royal Commission records names such as Ah Fook etc. Ah is a term a bit like the English term 'Mr' and the other name listed is the equivalent to a surname. Ah cheny
[[Gundowring|Ah Man]]
[[Ah Maw|Ah Maw]]
[[Ah Fook|Ah Fook]]
Ah How
[[Ah Fook|Ah On]]
[[The Argus at KellyGang 13/9/1883 (2)|Ah You]]
[[El Dorado|Ah Yang]]
[[Myrtleford|Ah Shang]]
[[Buckland|Ah Sing]]
[[The Argus at KellyGang 17/10/1871|Ah Woo]]
E Fang
[[Buckland|Key Yet]]
[[Buckland|Min Ting]]
[[Buckland River|Pong Luke]]
[[Buckland River|Chat Ving]] Ned Kelly had a run in with [[Ah Fook|Ah Fook]] in 1869
SConst [[SConst P Mullane|Mullane]] arrested Aaron Sherritt for an assault on a [[Chinese|Chinaman]], but the charges were discharged at the sittings of the Supreme Court because the evidence was considered insufficient. ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 27|RC13531]])
In January [[1874-1877 Events|1877]] [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] got 6 months for assaulting a Chinaman who tried to stop me swimming in the [[Woolshed|Woolshed]] dam.
The police had reports that a Chinese storekeeper on the [[Buckland River|Buckland]] river supplied provisions to the '''KellyGang''' ([[Royal Commission report 20/7/1881|RC13475]])
Some of the Chinese were occupied in the cultivation of tobacco, the pea-nut. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 5/11/1878 (3)|Argus5/11/78]])
A Chinese [[Police Organisation|detective]] was used to follow up on this report and chinese handbills were issued. ([[Royal Commission report day 18 page 21|RC5846]])
'''Ned Kelly's view of the Chinese'''
Was the KellyGang supplied by a Chinese trader in the area between Cobur and Longwood? ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (3)|Argus17/12/78]])
When [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was on the train on his way up to Beechworth for his committal on [[1880-07---aftermath|1/8/1880]] he clearly showed he had received some sympathy or assistance from the the Chinese community. He also said that if he had a tail (that is, a Chinaman's pig tail) he would go home to China, as one Chinaman was worth all the Europeans, and he would rather trust his life to them than any European living. ([[Royal Commission report day 18 page 9|RC5488]])
On about [[events 1880-4/ 1880-6|16/6/1880]] Consts [[Const Faulkiner|Faulkiner]] and [[Const William Canny|Canny]] got reports from [[El Dorado|An Yang]] that the '''KellyGang''' were getting supplies from a Chinese shop keepers at [[Buckland River|Buckland Flat]], Pong Luke and Chat Ving. ([[Royal Commission report day 18 page 8|RC5481]]) ([[Royal Commission report Appendix 15|RCApp15]])
'''Death of Aaron Sherritt'''
At daylight the first one then the [[Const Armstrong|police]] at [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]'s saw was a Chinaman. They called him and asked him would he take a message into the police in Beechworth, and we would pay him for doing so. He was horrified at the sight of Sherritt lying on the floor, and said he would not. They then asked him then if he would go and take a message to the schoolmaster, who lived about a couple of miles away fr27-apr-12 ([[Royal Commission report day 15 page 9|RC3681]])
'''.'''
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Large numbers of Chinese came to Victoria in the 1860s and 70s to work on the [[Gold mining (2)|gold]] fields. They tended to work over gold fields that had already been worked by the European Australians. They were very hard working. see also ([[Alexandra Times at KellyGang 10/9/1869|Alexandra110/9/1869]])
Tension between the European and Chinese miners sometimes came to the surface and there were race riots at [[Buckland|Buckland]] on the [[Ovens River|Ovens]] in [[1854-1863 Events|1857]]. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/8/1865|Argus15/8/65]])
The Chinese were also store keepers and market gardeners and they added to the cultural life of towns like [[Beechworth|Beechworth]] where there were about 4,000 Chinese at one stage.
In 1866 a group of Chinese market gardeners moved from Victoria to New South Wales because of the tariffs. How did they live and organise their garden. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/6/1866|Argus13/6/66]])
Working in the vineyards ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 19/3/1870|T&C19/3/1870]])
Murder at Myrtleford ([[The Argus at KellyGang 11/9/1871|Argus11/9/71]])
Another murder of a Chinaman at the [[Woolshed|Woolshed]] ([[The Argus at KellyGang 7/5/1874|Argus7/5/74]])
During the late 1870s there were Chinese miners at [[Sebastopol|Sebastopol]] and [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] had a lot of contact with them. He could speak Cantonese and he had acquired their taste for opium. Some have suggested that Joe got the idea for [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] from the Chinese.
More details of Chinese tradesmen ([[The Argus at KellyGang 9/6/1880|Argus9/6/80]])
The Chinese wore hats that looked like straw umbrellas and shoes with turned up toes. They also had loose jackets and trousers. They recovered gold after the European miners had taken it all. Then they enjoyed gambling on the game of fan tan and looking after their fowls and pigs.
They had great respect for the family and in particular their ancestors and they built joss houses in many of their camps.
== Chinese at KellyGang ==
We have a problem with the Chinese names. They were written down and pronounced by people who could not speak chinese. The Royal Commission records names such as Ah Fook etc. Ah is a term a bit like the English term 'Mr' and the other name listed is the equivalent to a surname. Ah cheny
[[Gundowring|Ah Man]]
[[Ah Maw|Ah Maw]]
[[Ah Fook|Ah Fook]]
Ah How
[[Ah Fook|Ah On]]
[[The Argus at KellyGang 13/9/1883 (2)|Ah You]]
[[El Dorado|Ah Yang]]
[[Myrtleford|Ah Shang]]
[[Buckland|Ah Sing]]
[[The Argus at KellyGang 17/10/1871|Ah Woo]]
E Fang
[[Buckland|Key Yet]]
[[Buckland|Min Ting]]
[[Buckland River|Pong Luke]]
[[Buckland River|Chat Ving]] Ned Kelly had a run in with [[Ah Fook|Ah Fook]] in 1869
SConst [[SConst P Mullane|Mullane]] arrested Aaron Sherritt for an assault on a [[Chinese|Chinaman]], but the charges were discharged at the sittings of the Supreme Court because the evidence was considered insufficient. ([[Royal Commission report day 37 page 27|RC13531]])
In January [[1874-1877 Events|1877]] [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne]] got 6 months for assaulting a Chinaman who tried to stop me swimming in the [[Woolshed|Woolshed]] dam.
The police had reports that a Chinese storekeeper on the [[Buckland River|Buckland]] river supplied provisions to the '''KellyGang''' ([[Royal Commission report 20/7/1881|RC13475]])
Some of the Chinese were occupied in the cultivation of tobacco, the pea-nut. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 5/11/1878 (3)|Argus5/11/78]])
A Chinese [[Police Organisation|detective]] was used to follow up on this report and chinese handbills were issued. ([[Royal Commission report day 18 page 21|RC5846]])
'''Ned Kelly's view of the Chinese'''
Was the KellyGang supplied by a Chinese trader in the area between Cobur and Longwood? ([[The Argus at KellyGang 17/12/1878 (3)|Argus17/12/78]])
When [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was on the train on his way up to Beechworth for his committal on [[1880-07---aftermath|1/8/1880]] he clearly showed he had received some sympathy or assistance from the the Chinese community. He also said that if he had a tail (that is, a Chinaman's pig tail) he would go home to China, as one Chinaman was worth all the Europeans, and he would rather trust his life to them than any European living. ([[Royal Commission report day 18 page 9|RC5488]])
On about [[events 1880-4/ 1880-6|16/6/1880]] Consts [[Const Faulkiner|Faulkiner]] and [[Const William Canny|Canny]] got reports from [[El Dorado|An Yang]] that the '''KellyGang''' were getting supplies from a Chinese shop keepers at [[Buckland River|Buckland Flat]], Pong Luke and Chat Ving. ([[Royal Commission report day 18 page 8|RC5481]]) ([[Royal Commission report Appendix 15|RCApp15]])
'''Death of Aaron Sherritt'''
At daylight the first one then the [[Const Armstrong|police]] at [[Aaron Sherritt|Aaron Sherritt]]'s saw was a Chinaman. They called him and asked him would he take a message into the police in Beechworth, and we would pay him for doing so. He was horrified at the sight of Sherritt lying on the floor, and said he would not. They then asked him then if he would go and take a message to the schoolmaster, who lived about a couple of miles away fr27-apr-12 ([[Royal Commission report day 15 page 9|RC3681]])
'''.'''
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