Ararat. Gum San Chinese Museum . : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Ararat. Gum San Chinese Museum . / denisbin
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| 説明 | Ararat.Once NSW allowed settlement in this regional outpost of Sydney in 1839 pastoralists moved into the area squatting on the land. In 1842 they got occupational licenses to lease the land. One of the first pastoralists was Horatio Wills who took up his run in 1841 and he named his run and the local mountain Ararat. There was initial conflict with the dispossessed Aboriginal people but it did not last for long. Pastoralism progressed until 1855 when gold was discovered in Pinky Point Creek. Suddenly there were 3,000 people, mainly men in the area around what is now Ararat. There were no police here and in 1856 more gold was discovered. After the big finds of Ballarat and Bendigo miners were optimistic about these finds and a settlement called Cathcart was established in 1856 on what would now be the western fringes of Ararat. By 1857 there were 7,000 diggers in the district including 4,000 Chinese and the town of Ararat was established in October. Many of the Chinese had walked here from Robe in SA. By 1859 there were 12,000 people in the district around Ararat but by 1861 the diggers had gone. Some gold mines were worked right through to 1925 but the numbers involved in this were low after the 1860s. The gold rush era from 1855 to the mid 1860s set Ararat up as a wealthy provincial town with some fine public and private buildings. The number of diggers had also necessitated the early erection of a prison and later a mental hospital. The first public building was the Court House in 1859 and the government reserved 2 acres for a large Anglican church. As with all mining towns Ararat soon had numerous hotels and commercial premises in the curving main street. The Chinese in Ararat is a short story but an important one. Ararat is the only city in Australia “founded” by Chinese. They created a town called Canton Lead in 1857 which five weeks later was changed to Ararat. The government then chose the site and name for the government town three months later. Canton Lead was mined by Chinese off and on until 1912. That site is now an official reserve and houses the Gum San Chinese Museum which we will visit. The Chinese rushed to Ararat in 1857 jumping European miners’ claims and setting up canvas shops for the local trade. Conflict emerged between Europeans and Chinese and the police were always close at hand. As the gold petered out the Chinese fled to other diggings and in 1858 their numbers had halved to 2,000. Some were arrested for gambling offences and the local police employed a Chinese interpreter. By 1861 only 400 Chinese remained in Ararat. Some of these were market gardeners or shopkeepers but they remained living in a separate and mainly canvas and hovel canton. In 1873 the police Chinese interpreter was dismissed but trouble still flair from time to time. In 1899 the Chinese camp in Vincent Street was set ablaze and 22 hovels and several Chinese shops were burnt. Only a few Chinese market gardeners stayed on after this. |
| 撮影日 | 2015-05-05 15:40:09 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX30V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.05 sec (1/20) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.2 |