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Mt Hogan Joss House

Date Published

Scattered Legacy
:  Temple/Joss House (former site)
:  Temples / Joss House
:  Far North (Qld)
:  Mt Hogan
:  1886 to 1896

"Further afield in a remote area of the Etheridge, Mt Hogan also had a bush temple which was present from 1888 until at least 1896, on land owned by prominent Townsville merchant firm On War Chong." [Etheridge Shire Council, Rate Book 1882-1884 and 1888-1896.]

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

Image: No picture or artifact from this Joss House survives. James Ah Sue as the leading (only storekeeper) perhaps maintained the Joss House.