Georgetown Chinatown

Not large enough or concentrated enough to be called a Chinatown, Georgetown had a cultural precinct where most Chinese people lived.

Georgetown Chinatown

Image Courtesy of: Sandi Robb, North Queensland's Chinese family landscape: 1860-1920. PhD Thesis, James Cook University. 2019, p.293.

A Chinatown developed in Georgetown, on the outskirts of town, and very quickly grew to provide opium shops, boarding houses, stores, a butcher and bakers. Men provided services as labourers, a carter, and gardeners."

"The Chinese Family Landscape of Georgetown consisted of 9 primary families before 1900 with only three Chinese–White mixed heritage couples to live in the Georgetown region for any length of time. The other two couples moved onto other goldfields after 1875. Up to 6 China born migrant couples lived in the region over a thirty-year period, though only 3 Chinese families remained permanently for any length of time. This included those of Ah Fook, the wife of Tom Tip (1885); Ah Cum, the wife of Ah Gee (1890); and Hoy How, the wife of Yee Tong (1894)."

Sandi Robb, North Queensland's Chinese family landscape: 1860-1920. PhD Thesis, James Cook University. 2019, p.291 & p,292.

Georgetown Chinatown

Image Courtesy of: Sandi Robb, North Queensland's Chinese family landscape: 1860-1920. PhD Thesis, James Cook University. 2019, p.193.