Treasure
Granite Flat Joss House
Date Published

: Temple/Joss House (former site)
: Temples / Joss House
: Ovens Goldfields
: Granite Flat
: 1893
: Temples / Joss House
: Ovens Goldfields
: Granite Flat
: 1893
Across the creek is the Chinese quarter (whose number furnishes half the population), having the tumble-down aspect peculiar to Chinese quarters, with the exception of one building, the Joss House, a small wooden structure, whose entrance is gaudily decorated with gilt hieroglyphs, and within which, in solemn ugly state, is erected the celestial god, with his great scimitar towering above him.

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