Barcaldine Township
ORIGINS Barcaldine township sprang into being with the opening of the railway on 8 November 1886 and is ‘the most notable of the “instant” railway towns’ which flourished at the successive termini of the Central …
Barcaldine
Luoi Quay aka ‘Laffie’
Late on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 26th, 1930, Luoi Quay, the then oldest identity of the Central West, died. He was known locally as ‘Laffie ‘ because of his ever jovial disposition. On 10 …
Quan ‘Charlie’ Hong
On 19 April, 1929 the Chinese baker and storekeeper, Quan Hong – known to locals as ‘Charlie’ – was viciously attacked in his rooms at the back of his store. He died a few hours …
Ah Sam, Ah Day, Ah Sing, Fong Sang, Young Sing
Chin Min or ‘Feasting the Dead’ Ceremony A news item in The Morning Bulletin (12 April 1946) tells us that Chinese residents were still living in Barcaldine in the mid-1940s. The news item reported that …
Thomas Ang Wong
Thomas Ang Wong originated from Amoy in China. He was born in Xiamen Shiqu, Fujian in 1827. On 11th September 1854 he married Emma Welton in Sydney, moving to Queensland about 1864. He set up …
Yung Doong
Yung Doong Yung Doong was a Chinese storekeeper, and a long time resident of Barcaldine. His store was in Oak Street about three house blocks east of Maple Street. He was also referred to as …
Ah Sing, Charlie Fong, Fong Sang, Lum Bin, Tommy Yuen On, Wah Sung
Chinese settlers were in residence in the Barcaldine area well before the railway line arrived and the town was settled. I have been able to find reference to quite a number of the Chinese people, …
Yung Doong – story of Chinese exhumation from Barcaldine cemetery
This is the second and third parts of the story of a Chinese exhumation reported in the Western Champion 18 April 1905. It appears there was a fair bit of confusion about the approvals process …