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How to navigate your way around this database
To search by map click on the magnifying glass icon 🔍
Once you find a Treasure of interest, you will see that it is linked to one or more short Thematic Essays. These essays provide historical background and context, as well as suggestions for further reading if you wish to explore the topic in more depth.
Treasures are also linked to other Treasures that are related in some way, allowing you to follow connections across people, places, and themes.
When using the Map to search remember to scroll down to see below the map those images flagged within the current map.
Wherever Chinese writing appears, an English translation is provided — simply follow the link to Chinese Texts. The Chinese Texts link leads to original inscriptions, documents, and their translations.
In addition, many Treasures are linked to the Organisations that currently host them, the Historical Person who once owned or used it, or the local researchers, historians, archaeologists, descendants, etc (Practitioners) who have helped preserve these treasures of the scattered legacy of Chinese Australian history and heritage.
For more information please write to: scattered.legacy@gmail.com
Regions and Places
To date, over 185 individual places have been mapped on Scattered Legacy. For the purposes of this database the eight major cities have been designated as their own regions and separate suburbs or locations within these urban areas are not distinguished. Outside of these, 24 regions have been designated as patterns of settlement that made sense to the communities of Chinese Australians living within them. The specific places are only those with a Treasure and more will be added as more Treasures are forthcoming.
To search by map click on the magnifying glass icon 🔍
The cities are of course the eight capitals - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Hobart and Canberra.
Regions (and their places)
1. Indian Ocean Coast - Cossack
2. Kimberleys (WA) – Broome, Wyndham Port
3. Southern Highlands (NSW) – Goulburn
4. North Coast (NSW) – Mullumbimby, Murwillumbah
5. Central West (NSW) – Bathurst, Condobolin, Cootamundra, Hill End, Maitland Bar, Mookerawa, Orange, Ootha, Sofala, Stuart Town, Tambaroora, Wellington, Young
6. Illawarra (NSW) – Wollongong
7. Hunter Valley (NSW) – Morpeth, Newcastle, Waratah
8. Snowy Mountains (NSW) – Araluen, Brooks’ Creek, Craigie, Jembaicumbene, Kiandra, Mongarlowe, Queanbeyan, Strike-a-light Flat, Tumut
9. South Coast (NSW) – Braidwood, Nerrigundah
10. Riverina (NSW/VIC) – Albury, Chiltern, Mimosa, Narrandera, Rutherglen, Temora, Wahgunyah, Wagga, Wodonga
11. Northern Tablelands (NSW) – Armidale, Emmaville, Guyra, Inverell, Rocky River, Skeleton Creek, Timbarra, Tingha, Upper Bingara, Uralla, Wombat
12. Far West (NSW) – Hay, Moree, Nyngan, Wilcannia
13. Northern Territory – Brocks Creek, Douglas-Daly, Mount Diamond, Mount Wells, Pine Creek
14. Gippsland (Vic) – Jericho, Sale
15. Western Districts (Vic) – Harrow
16. Ovens Goldfields (Vic) – Bairnsdale, Bowmans Forest, Bright, Buckland, Germantown, Granite Flat, Growlers Creek, Harrietville, Indigo, Mitta Mitta, Myrtleford, Omeo, Stanley, Wangaratta, Yackandandah
17. Central Goldfields (Vic) – Amherst, Ararat, Avoca, Ballarat, Beechworth, Bendigo, Blackwood, Castlemaine, Creswick, Daylesford, Guildford, Heathcote, Hepburn, Majorca, Maryborough, Mount Misery, Vaughan, Windeyer
18. Gulf Country (Qld) – Burketown, Croydon, Georgetown, Golden Gate, Mt Hogan, Normantown
19. Far North (QLD) – Irvinebank, Thursday Island, Atherton, Port Douglas, Palmerville, Palmer River Goldfield, Innisfail, Herberton, Halifax, Mossman, Cooktown, Cairns, Maytown, Thornborough
20. Central (QLD) - Bouldercombe, Charters Towers, Mackay, Mt Morgan, Ravenswood, Rockhampton
21. South (QLD) – Booubyian, Bundaberg, Christmas Creek, Gayndah, Gilberton, Gympie, Kilkivan, Killarney, Ruby Creek, Tannymorel, Warwick, Wylie Creek
22. Coorong (SA) – Chinamans Well, Edenhope, Mount Gambier, Robe
23. Central (SA) – Caltowie, Oodnadatta, Waikerie
24. Northeast Tasmania – Garibaldi, Launceston, Lefroy, Moorina, Weldborough
Regions and Capitals