- Summary
According to Helen Vivian's report: 'The Blue Teir was a major tin mining centre with several thriving townships at Poimena, Lottah and Goulds Country c1870-1880. Many Chinese mined in the area but most of the history of the Chinese is confined to some sketchy memories of the two last miners on the Tier, Billly Bow and Ah Ling. However G.G. Bakhap of Lottah, stepfather of Thomas Jerome Bakhap a famous Tasmania parlimentarian and diplomat, is a well remembered figure. He was a storekeeper and herbalist and his sons T.J.K. and S.P. Bakhap controlled several mineral leases o the Groom River near Lottah.'
Related Subjects
Published Resources
Reports
- Vivian, Helen, Tasmania's Chinese heritage: An historical record of Chinese sites in North Eastern Tasmania, Unpublished report for Australian Heritage Comission and the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, 1985. Details
See also
- Scott, Joan, Celestial Sojourn: The Chinese on the Tinfields of North East Tasmania, St Helens History Room Association, St Helens, 1997. Details
Images
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- Title
- Billy Bow standing outside his hut on the Blue Tier
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Tasmania - Blue Tier
- Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Vivian, Helen, Tasmania's Chinese heritage: An historical record of Chinese sites in North Eastern Tasmania, Unpublished report for Australian Heritage Comission and the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, 1985.
Created: 1 June 2006
