Regions in Chinese Australian history
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Regions in Chinese Australian history
Regions and Capitals
To date, over 185 individual places have been mapped on Scattered Legacy. For the purposes of this database the major cities have been designated as their own regions and separate suburbs or locations within these urban areas are ignored. Outside of these, 24 regions have been designated as groupings that made sense to the communities of Chinese Australians living within them.
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The cities are of course the six State capitals plus Canberra.
Regions
1. Indian Ocean Coast - Cossack
2. Kimberleys (WA) – Wyndham Port, Broome
3. Southern Highlands (NSW) – Goulburn
4. North Coast (NSW) – Murwillumbah, Mullumbimby
5. Central West (NSW) – Bathurst, Hill End, Cootamundra, Ootha, Sofala, Maitland Bar, Tambaroora, Stuart Town, Mookerawa, Orange, Wellington, Condoblin, Young
6. Illawarra (NSW) – Wollongong
7. Hunter Valley (NSW) – Newcastle, Waratah, Morpeth
8. Snowy Mountains (NSW) – Queanbeyan, Tumut, Mongarlowe, Jembaicumbene, Brooks’ Creek, Araluen, Kiandra, Craigie, Strike-a-light Flat
9. South Coast (NSW) – Braidwood, Nerrigundah
10. Riverina (NSW/VIC) – Wagga, Albury, Temora, Rutherglen, Wodonga, Mimosa, Chiltern, Narrandera, Wahgunyah
11. Northern Tablelands (NSW) – Inverell, Upper Bingara, Wombat, Skeleton Creek, Timbarra, Armidale, Tingah, Uralla, Emmaville. Rocky River, Guyra
12. Far West (NSW) – Nyngan, Wilcannia, Moree, Hay
13. Northern Territory – Mount Wells, Mount Diamond, Pine Creek, Douglas-Daly, Brocks Creek
14. Gippsland (Vic) – Sale, Jericho
15. Western Districts (Vic) – Harrow
16. Ovens Goldfields (Vic) – Wangaratta, Myrtleford, Yackandandah, Bowmans Forest, Stanley, Omeo, Mitta Mitta, Indigo, Growlers Creek, Granite Flat, Germantown, Bright, Buckland
17. Central Goldfields (Vic) – Beechworth, Bendigo, Vaughan, Windeyer, Avoca, Maryborough, Majorcia, Mount Misery, Daylesford, Hepburn, Heathcote, Guildford, Creswick, Blackwood, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Ararat, Harrietville, Bairnsdale, Amherst
18. Gulf Country (Qld) – Golden Gate, Burketown, Normantown, Mt Hogan, Georgetown, Croydon
19. Far North (QLD) – Irvinebank, Thursday Island, Atherton, Port Douglas, Palmerville, Ravenswood, Palmer River Goldfields, Innisfail, Herberton, Halifax, Mossman, Cooktown, Cairns, Maytown, Thornborough
20. Central (QLD) - Mackay, Bouldercombe, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton, Charters Towers
21. South (QLD) – Gayndah, Warwick, Wylie Creek, Ruby Creek, Tannymorel, Gilberton, Bundaberg, Christmas Creek, Gympie, Booubyian, Kilkivan, Killarney
22. Coorong (SA) – Robe, Chinamans Well, Edenhope, Mount Gambier
23. Central (SA) – Oodnadatta, Caltowie, Waikerie
24. Northeast Tasmania – Launceston, Weldborough, Moorina, Lefroy, Garabaldi
