Chinese Cemetery and Oven, Clarkes Creek Rd, Windeyer, NSW | Photographs: |  | | List: | Register of the National Estate | | Class: | Historic | | Legal Status: | Registered (14/05/1991) | | Place ID: | 468 | | Place File No: | 1/03/202/0016 | | Statement of Significance: | A number of graves and a roasting pit, which have important historical associations with the Chinese who came to New South Wales in the mid nineteenth century gold rush. (Criteria H.1 and A.4)
The sites have considerable rarity and are distinctive examples of their type. (Criterion B.2)
They are important for their archaeological potential. (Criterion C.2) | | Official Values: Not Available | | Description: | | Consists of two portions one of 4,047 square metres, previously the Chinese Cemetery, and the second being of 2,023 square metres, previously Amoy Chinese Cemetery. The site contains a grave with headstone, a ceremonial roasting pit and the marked site of a Chinese Temple. There are also piles of stones, possibly old graves. | | History: Not Available | | Condition and Integrity: | | The site is in good condition apart from the fact that the oven is overgrown. The headstone is down. The site is intact. | | Location: | | Clarke`s Creek Road, 2.5 km south-south-east of Windeyer, at approximate AMG points : 8832 - II and III - Rylstone - 39956775 and 400674. | | Bibliography: | | NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE SERVICE |
Report Produced: Tue Jan 30 09:54:03 2007 |
