Avoca

Avoca

In 1868 when much of the gold had gone from the area, in "Avoca: Statistics of Chinese Population, and particulars of their Employments" the Chinese Interpreter, How Qua, noted:

250 total population of Chinese

50 Chinese in the largest camp

150 Chinese married in China

4 Chinese married to European women in this colony

9 Chinese children; four go to school

218 Chinese are miners

2 puddling machines each employing six Chinese...

2 Chinese employed by Europeans at their claims

10 shopkeepers

10 market gardeners and sellers of vegetables

1 doctor

1 tailor

2 butchers

5 carpenters

1 cook-shop

6 unemployed Chinese

Source: Goldfields Guide