APPENDIX A: Chinese people in the Waranga area

NAME#

EURO NAME

SOURCE*

DATE/YEAR

NOTES

A Chong

PROV

1863

Ratepayer at Growlers - Hut and puddling machine

A Chong

PROV

1863 & 1865

Ratepayer at White Hills - Huts and puddling machine. 

1865 listed as "Ah" Chong

A Chung

WC

1861

Died aged 35; Native of Hong Kong

A Cong

PROV946

1865

Coroner's Inquest; Apparent suicide

A Sam

JH p117

1859

Interpreter at Whroo protest meeting

A Son

PROV946

1865

Witness in coroner's inquest into death of A Cong

A Wing

PROV

1858

Coroner's Inquest; d.Three Mile Waterholes, Cornella @ 21

A Wing

PROV

1863

Rushworth Ratepayer - Waranga Roads District - Huts and puddling 

machines

A Yea

PROV360

1858

Coroner's Inquest; d.Rushworth in mine cave-in

Acou

Charles

RCEM 13/?

1900

Buried at RC

Ah Cheong

George

WC/WCS3-10

1886

Died - aged 19 months

Ah Cheong

Luke

WC/WCS3-10

1902

Died - aged 66

Ah Cheong

PROV

1900

Ratepayer at Whroo.  Valuation 10 pounds.  Gardener

Ah Cheong

PROV

1900

Ratepayer at Whroo.  Valuation 14 pounds.  80 acres.  Gardener

Ah Cheong

GA

9.5.1884

Report of horse runaway.  Ah Cheong (Chung?) puddler at Growlers

Ah Cheong Lick

RC

Chinese wedding

Ah Chew

Albert

VBDM 

1878

Born Rushworth; son of "Charles" Ah Chew and Louisa Yates

Ah Chew

Charles

WC

1883

Father of Henry who died as infant

Ah Chew

George

VBDM

1880

Born Rushworth; son of "Charles" Ah Chew and Louisa Yates

Ah Chew

Henry

WC

1883

Died at 8 months; son of "Charles" Ah Chew and Louisa Yates

Ah Chew

WCS3-9

1863

Store owner Whroo

Ah Chin

BAD 

14.7.65

Charged with selling spurious gold at Whroo

Ah Chock

RCTW

d.1885

Obituary

Ah Chong

Mr (Thomas)

RCTW

1911

Obituary - Moora gardener

Ah Chong

Thomas

RCTW/ANC

d.1911

Obituary; b.Canton; m.Emma Branson 1875; 8 children

Ah Chong

Thomas

RCEM 13/19

1911

Gardener at Moora; d.26.4.1911; buried with Ah Chou at RC

Ah Chong

PROV

1900

Ratepayer at Rushworth - 40 acres.  Value 18 pounds.  Gardener

Ah Chou

RCEM 13/19

Store keeper at Whroo; Headstone at RC

Ah Chou

PROV

1865

Ratepayer - Store and dwelling Long Gully Whroo

Ah Chow

WM

1.3.1968

Before the courts on occasions

Ah Chow

WC

Storekeeper at Whroo

Ah Chow

PROV

1863

Ratepayer Profit Gully - Log Hut

Ah Chow

PROV

1863

Ratepayer at Whroo - Store and buildings

Ah Coon

AGE

27.5.1887

Caught during a burglary at Noorilim hotel and store

Ah Coon

PROV

1863

Ratepayer at Scotchmen's Gully - Huts and machine

Ah Fat

PROV

1863

Rushworth Ratepayer - Waranga Roads District - Huts and 

puddling machine

Ah Fat

PROV

1863

Ratepayer at Fontainbleu - Hut and puddling machine

Ah Fat

PROV

1865

Ratepayer No 2 Camp Main Gully - slab hut and machine

Ah Fong

PROV

1863

Rushworth Ratepayer - Waranga Roads District - Hut and garden

Ah Fong

PROV

1865

Ratepayer No 2 Camp Main Gully - Hut and garden

Ah Foo

WC

1891

Died aged 56; Native of Canton

Ah Foun

PROV

1863

Ratepayer at Long Gully Whroo - hut and puddling mill x 2

Ah Foun

PROV

1865

Ratepayer at Scotchmen's Gully - Huts and machine

Ah Fung

GC

1869

Buried at Graytown cemetery.  Born 1816. Died 25.4.1869

Ah Gec

PROV

1865

Ratepayer No 2 Camp Main Gully - hut  

Ah Gong

WCHR

2.5.1879

Licenced waggoner transporting Chinese to Beechworth

Ah Goui

WCHR

3.2.1881

Blind hawker reported attacked

Ah Gow

KU

20.9.89

Death reported near Murchison on 17.9.89

Ah Gow

PROV207

1879

Witness at Coroner's Inquest into death of Yee Geen (employee)

Ah Hee

VBDM

1889

Died at Rushworth aged 69

Ah Hing

PROV590

1874

Coroner's Inquest; d.Whroo of opium poisoning

Ah How

MT

31.8.1860

Injured in assault by Irish miner at Whroo

Ah Hung

MT

31.8.1860

Injured in assault by Irish miner at Whroo

Ah Hung

MH

11.2.1887

Market gardener at Murchison

Ah Hung

GA

16.5.1884

Gardener at Murchison charged with shooting a horse

Ah Hup

PROV457

1865

Coroner's Inquest; d.Rushworth of debility

Ah Kar

M

RCEM 13/55

Buried at RC; no date in records

Ah Kar

PROV

1900

Gardener and ratepayer at Rushworth.  Valuation 12 pounds

Ah Kar or Kah

William

RCTW/PROV

d.1916

Obituary; witness in inquest PROV1910/431

Ah Khan

Jimmy

AGE

29.4.1901

56 yo market gardener at Elmore run over by heavy wagon

Ah Kong

PROV

1863

Ratepayer at Five Mile Ck Moora - Hut and garden.  Ah Chong?

Ah Leong

WC

1863

Died aged 29;  Native of Canton

Ah Let

MT

31.8.1860

Injured in assault by Irish miner at Whroo

Ah Lin

WC

1866

Died aged 50

Ah Ling

PROV

1863

Ratepayer Billy Buttons Gully - Log Hut

Ah Ling

PROV

1863 & 1865

Whroo ratepayer - hut and puddling mill

Ah Lipp

Charles

SW

1859-62

Miner on "Goulburn" diggings; m Mary Downey at Castlemaine 1883

Ah Mow

MT

31.8.1860

Injured in assault by Irish miner at Whroo

Ah Ning

WC

1874

Died aged 38; Native of Canton

Ah Owen

WC/PROV196

1866

Coroner's Inquest; d.Whroo of heart disease @ 44

Ah Ping

Ada May

WC

1894

Died at 7 weeks; daughter of "Charles" Ah Ping & Annie (King)

Ah Ping

Charles

VBDM, TB

m.Annie McDonald 1889; Market gardener 1890

Ah Poo

PROV724

1874

Coroner's Inquest; d.Whroo of bowel strangulation

Ah Pow

WC

1874

Died aged 36; Native of Canton

Ah Rat

PROV

1865

Ratepayer - hut and machine at Fontainbleu

Ah Sing

PROV431

1910

Living in Main Gully

Ah Sing

VBDM 

1910

Died Rushworth aged 82

Ah Sing

PROV

1900

Ratepayer at Rushworth on Crown Land.  Gardener.

Ah Sing

PROV

1900

Gardener and ratepayer at Murchison.  Valuation 4 pounds

Ah So

RCTW

d.1893

Obituary

Ah Soon

MT

31.8.1860

Injured in assault by Irish miner at Whroo

Ah Sue

PROV174

1891

Coroner's Inquest; d.Rushworth of natural causes; named as 

Ah Tue in BAD 10.2.91

Ah Thom

PROV378

1879

Coroner's Inquest; d.Snake Gully of heart disease; 60+

Ah Tim

PROV

1865

Ratepayer at Nuggetty Gully - hut and machine

Ah Toy

WC/PROV488

1871

Coroner's Inquest; d.Whroo of apoplexy

Ah Wee

WCS3-9

1863

Store owner Whroo

Ah Wee

PROV

1863

Ratepayer at Whroo - Store and buildings

Ah Wic

PROV

1865

Ratepayer - Dwelling at Whroo

Ah Wing

WC/PROV203

1870

Coroner's Inquest; d.Whroo of heart disease

Ah Wing

PROV

1863

Ratepayer Profit Gully - Hut and Puddling Mill

Ah Wing

PROV

1863 & 1865

Ratepayer Whroo - Hut and Puddling Mill

Ah Wing

PROV

1865

Ratepayer - 5 huts opp Mr Thompson's at White Hills

Ah Yoon

VBDM

1889

Died at Rushworth aged 64

Ah Young

VBDM, TB

1893

b.1842; d.1893 at Rushworth aged 51

Ah Young

PROV

1863

Ratepayer in Parramatta Gully - Hut and Puddling Machine

Bo Fong

PROV857

1862

Witness in coroner's inquest into death of Kong Tong (his cousin)

Cheong

Ada

WC/WCS3-10

1959

Died - aged 84

Cheong

Adam

RCEM13/8

1988

Cheong

Arthur (Dick)

RCEM11/125

1971

Son of William A 

Cheong

Calvin

OMA

7.1.1888

Rescued as a 4 yo.  Surname was Chong not Cheong

Cheong

Caroline Jane

RCEM11/124

1945

nee Gilbert; Wife of William A

Cheong

Doris Ada

RCEM9/298

1983

Cheong

Edwin

WC/WCS3-10

1945

Died - aged 65

Cheong

Evaline

WC/WCS3-10

1869

Died - aged 84

Cheong

Gilbert

WC/WCS3-10

1918

Died - aged 6 months

Cheong

Gladys

WC/WCS3-10

1919

Died - aged 2

Cheong

Hannah

RCEM9/298

Cheong

Helen

WC/WCS3-10

1927

Died - infant

Cheong

Herbert James

RCEM9/298

1954

Cheong

Luke

WCS3-9

Spouse - Ellen Donovan

Cheong

Rubina

WC/WCS3-10

1966

Died - aged 74

Cheong

Sarah

WC/WCS3-10

1936

Died - aged 85

Cheong

Unnamed

RCTW

1918

Obituary - Infant son of Mr & Mrs W Cheong

Cheong

Veronica

WC/WCS3-10

1911

Died - as an infant

Cheong

Walter

WT

28.7.1900

Found 44 oz nugget, Parkins Gully, Whroo

Cheong

Walter

RCEM5/145

1900

Cheong

William Albert

RCEM11/124

1944

Son of Luke & Ellen (nee Donovan); Husband of Caroline J

Cheong 

Alfred

WCS3-9

Grandson of Luke

Cheong Hong

PROV431

1910

Coroner's Inquest; d.Rushworth of old age

Chew Mow

Clara

ANC

1872

Born at Spring Creek (Graytown) to James Chew Mow & Eliza

Chew Mow

Elizabeth Ann

ANC

1870

Born at Whroo to James Chew Mow & Eliza

Chew Mow

Mary Jane

ANC

1868

Born at Wattle Flat, Heathcote to James Chew Mow & Eliza

Chew Mow

Thomas

ANC

1868

b. Shunde district Guangdong; Married Eliza Jane Edwards

 at Reedy Lake

Chew Mow

Thomas

ANC

1868-72

Birth of children at Heathcote, Whroo and Spring Ck (Graytown)

Chew Mow

Thomas

ANC

25.11.1873

Died at Chinese (?) hospital Bendigo

Chil

James  

PROV1910/431

1910

Witness at Inquest

Chin King

MT

31.8.1860

Injured in assault by Irish miner at Whroo

Chong

Alfred

RCEM11/110

1964

Chong

Arthur

AWM, NAA

1914-18

WW1 soldier - No 8289 Sapper.  Stayed in England.

Chong

Calvin

WT

21.4.1917

Lease on 25 acres at Moora expired

Chong

Calvin/Calvers

RCEM11/110

1962

Chong

James Palmer

AWM, NAA

1914-18

WW1 soldier - No 22081 Driver

Chong

Emma

AWM, NAA

Moora mother of WW1 soldiers Arthur and James.  Nee Branson

Chung Mine

PROV389

1856

Coroner's Inquest; d.Whroo of natural causes

Cong Too

WM 

1.3.1968

Before the courts on occasions

Goon Chi

PROV1058

1881

Coroner's Inquest; d.Rushworth of burns received

Hee Ah

VBDM, TB

b.1820; d.1889 at Rushworth aged 69

Hong Chong

RCTW

d.1910

Obituary; Aged 75; 40 years in camp at Main Gully

Hong Song

WM 

1.3.1968

Before the courts on occasions

Kong Ling

PROV972

1862

Coroner's Inquest; d.Rushworth of heart disease

Kong Tong

PROV857

1862

Cor Inq; miner of Rushworth; d.in dray accident

Le Look

PROV590

1874

Interpreter at Whroo for inquest into death of Ah Hing

Lo Dong

WCS3-9

1863

Store owner Whroo

Lo Dong

PROV

1863

Ratepayer at Whroo - Chinamen's Camp

Loug

Elizabeth  

1910

Possibly Chinese; lived in Main Gully; witness at inquest 

for Cheong Hong

Pick 

Sam

WC

1888

Died aged 54; Native of Canton

Sam Chat

JH p117

1859

Leader at Whroo protest meeting

See Fow

PROV

1863

Ratepayer Shellback Gully - hut and puddling machine

Toylock

MC

Name on grave at Murchison cemetery.  Probably plot 

purchaser, not deceased

Unnamed

GA

16.5.1884

Dispute over access to water, alleged pollution in 

Murchison lagoon

Unnamed

RCTW

1884

Obituary - Unnamed Chinaman of Main Gully

Unnamed

PROV

1865

Ratepayer at No 1 Camp Main Gully

Unnamed

PROV

1865

Ratepayer at No 2 Camp Main Gully

Unnamed

PROV

1865

Ratepayer at No 2 Camp Main Gully - slab hut and machine

Unnamed

PROV

1865

Ratepayer at No 2 Camp Main Gully - slab hut 

Unnamed

PROV

1865

Ratepayer at No 2 Camp Main Gully - hut next to Ah Fat

Unnamed

PROV

1865

Ratepayer - hut at Garden at Mouses Gully

Unnamed

PROV

1865

Ratepayer - hut near Ah Chou's at Long Gully Whroo

Unnamed

PROV

1865

Ratepayer - huts and machine at Long Gully Whroo

Unnamed x 4

PROV

1865

Ratepayers - hut and machine - Growlers, Shellback, 

Parramatta, Liverpool gullies

Wau

Ah Kau

RCEM

1916

Yee Geen

PROV207

1879

Coroner's Inquest at Redcastle.  Killed in cart accident on 

Mt Pleasant

Yoon Ah

VBDM, TB

1889

b.1825; d.1889 at Rushworth aged 64

You You

Tommy the Cook

RCTW

1900

Obituary - lived in camp on Merrigum (now Tat) Road

Young Hong

PROV590

1874

Witness at Coroner's Inquest into death of Ah Hing

#NAMES

Names are recorded as found in each source

Generally, the surname is listed first but there many complexities in Chinese names

"Ah" is usually a name prefix like "Mr" - not part of the name as such

*SOURCES

NB  Numbers in source column show page reference, date of publication, grave reference, file number etc

AGE

Age newspaper

ANC

Ancestry Website

AWM

Australian War Memorial Website

BAD

Bendigo Advertiser

GA

Goulburn Advertiser

GC

Graytown Cemetery Records

JH

Hammond, Joyce, The Golden Years of Rushworth & Whroo

KU

Kyabram Union (newspaper)

MC

Murchison Cemetery

MH

Melbourne Herald

MT

McIvor Times & Goulburn Advertiser (Heathcote)

NAA

National Aust Archives Website

OMA

Ovens & Murray Advertiser

PROV

Public Records Office of Victoria - for ratepayers search "Waranga Rates"

RC

Rushworth Chronicle

RCEM

Rushworth Cemetery Records

RCTW

Rushworth Cemetery Trust Website, courtesy of Alan McLean

SW

Susan Walter, Gold 'n' Greens - A History of the Chinese of Malmsbury

TB

Tracey Bons, Researcher

VBDM

Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages

WC

Whroo Cemetery

WCHR

Waranga Chronicle

WCS

Waranga Conservation Study

WT

Weekly Times