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Photograph

Title
Castlemaine temple
Date
1880s - 1960s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Castlemaine

Versions

  1. Published photograph
    Title
    Second Chinese Joss House on Ten Foot Hill
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    Caption: 'The second Chinese Joss House on Ten Foot Hill. The 'Celestials' as they were called were well represented in the variou localities at Castlemaine, especially at Campbells Creek. On the bend of the river at Yappeen was the largest Chinese town in Victoria, with about 300 heads (or tails) in 1858. Here there was a Joss House, which may or may not have been the first. Even in 1864 Chinese diggers outnumbered Europeans in the Castlemaine Mining District.'
    Control
    pp.40-41
    Source

    Flett, James, A Pictorial History of the Victorian Goldfields, Rigby Ltd, Adelaide, 1977. Details

  2. Published photograph
    Title
    One of several Joss Houses which stood at the based o Forty Foot Hill near Forest Creek on the southern edge of the township
    Description

    Wooden paling fence at front of building. Shows the temple from an angle. Ornate Chinese decorations on the gabled rooves. Smaller room on right hand side of main temple structure. Built of brick.

    Type
    Published photograph
    Source

    Hocking, Geoff, Castlemaine From Camp to City: A Pictorial History of Forest Creek & the Mount Alexander Goldfields, 1835-1900, Five Mile Press Pty Ltd, Knoxfield, Victoria, 1994. Details

    Original copy held in Pioneers & Old Residents Association Collection

  3. Print
    Title
    Castlemaine Temple
    Date
    1880s - 1960s
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Black and white photograph. Photographic copy of photograph on display at Castlemaine Market Museum.
    Control
    P00256
    Source

    P Series general picture collection, P series; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

    Original copy held at the Castlemaine Market Museum

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Created: 12 February 2003, Last modified: 28 July 2005