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Bew Chip arrived in NSW in 1865, hoping to make his fortune. He was a resident of Hill End and Tambaroora district of NSW for 72 years. Between 1865 and 1890, Bew Chip kept a record of gold he sent back to China, initially by returning countrymen and later through firms in Sydney and Shekki, near Canton.
Bew Chip’s register is the only Chinese language gold miners register to have survived and is a rare source of the identities of some of the district’s Chinese mining population.
Translated by Ely Finch, with a historical background by Juanita Kwok
Bew Chip arrived in NSW in 1865, hoping to make his fortune. He was a resident of Hill End and Tambaroora district of NSW for 72 years. Between 1865 and 1890, Bew Chip kept a record of gold he sent back to China, initially by returning countrymen and later through firms in Sydney and Shekki, near Canton.
Bew Chip’s register is the only Chinese language gold miners register to have survived and is a rare source of the identities of some of the district’s Chinese mining population.
Translated by Ely Finch, with a historical background by Juanita Kwok
