Burial Register, Burketown

Burketown began recording burials from 1866 but the first Chinese names only appear in the early 1890s when several relatively young men are recorded - Young Ah Tim aged 35, Jimmy Ah Gow, also 35, Cong Ching, 27, Tommy Ah Bow, 32 and Yept Gin, aged only 20.

While some could have arrived for the Palmer River gold rush in the 1870s, others would have arrived only well after this short rush had ended. Perhaps via Cooktown or perhaps from Darwin.

Burial register, Burketown

Image Courtesy of: Burke Shire Council

Burketown burial register

Image Courtesy of: Burke Shire Council