Mongarlowe Joss House
Date Published
: Temples / Joss House
: Snowy Mountains
: Mongarlowe
: 1870 to 1919
“There is a Chinese joss-house in the township, which we inspected on Sunday morning, and it was well worth a visit."
Illawarra Mercury, 3 April 1894, p.3.
Mongarlowe Joss House
"Then came the churches — Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Chinese. Ah Gow was the last of his tribe left there— a remnant of the old gold-mining and pioneering days. To him the joss-house was everything. He was priest, confessor, and all. His home had gone first; then his house of prayer."
The Daily Telegraph, 18 January 1919, p.9.
"A fire broke out on the western side of the Mongarlowe River, a tributary of the Shoalhaven. After destroying a tract of eucalyptus country, it consumed an old Chinese joss house, relic of the gold days, on the bank of the river,"
Australian Town and Country Journal, 29 January 1919, p.16.
"The site foundations of a former Chinese Joss House are still evident. However, the area is infested with blackberry bushes. The houses were burnt in fires many years ago." 1313 Little River Rd.
"The mining population of the Little River, including Chinese, is about 1000, the greater number of whom are engaged in alluvial gold mining operations. The residents transact most of their business in the town of Braidwood, which is about 8 1/2 miles distant. In our engraving, a number of Chinamen's huts are in the foreground, the principal public houses and stores to the right, police station to the left, and the schoolhouse further on to the right."
Illustrated Sydney News, 20 January 1870, p.12.
Chinese camp on river
Goldfields on Southern Tablelands (Snowy)
