Good Evening Listers, After our message re our James OSEEN, we received a message from Helen suggesting we join a Chinese site: http://siyigenealogy.proboards28.com/index.cgi - the response has been amazing...from people who no connection to our family, rather a shared heritage. We are most grateful and appreicative to all who responded to our plea.. Our web site now had details of our findings. With best wishes Pamela 2008/7/6 Ada Ackerly <[email protected]> > > > Ada Ackerly wrote: > > Hi There, > > > > It is also a fact of the times that it was the Ship Captains who were > > evading the ten pound impost, not the Chinese passengers... one > > captain was caught off-loading his chinese passengers on the coast of > > Port Phillip Bay to evade the payment.. after all, it was the captain > > who was bringing them into the country... in the same way as the > > captains were fined for bringing any convicts from Tasmania into > > Victoria, I think that was 100 pounds fine. > > > > When we were transcribing the passengers inwards to Melbourne, some > > lazy captains just listed "300 Chinese" no names > > And on a ship owned crewed and captained by Germans, the Chinese names > > were listed in phonetic german.... try to make something resembling a > > chinese name from THAT list!!! > > > > Regards Ada > > > > robert.j wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm sure others will be more knowledgeable on this - hopefully > >> they'll add their comments .. > >> > >> Here's my understanding - > >> > >> way back when during the gold rush days of the 1850s?? the government > >> and others becameconcerned that there were too many orientals > >> arriving in Geelong or Melbourne and then heading off to the > >> Victorian goldfields. > >> > >> In an attempt to restrict the number of orientals landing in Victoria > >> the government imposed a fee on oriental arrivals - intended to deter > >> orientals - hard to say how well it worked. > >> > >> However, resourceful and hard working - many of the orientals arrived > >> in South Australia - and avoided the Victorian landing charge - many > >> would have landed at Robe. The orientals then made there way overland > >> from South Australia - some on wagons or carts and many on shanks > >> pony (that is they walked). > >> > >> So if Oseen doesn't appear in the indexes for arrivals in Victoria > >> then I'm guessing that if the records survive there is a chance > >> Oseen's arrival will be recorded in some South Australian passenger > >> list. > >> > >> good luck > >> > >> Robert > >> > >> > >> > >> PJN wrote: > >> > >>> Good Afternoon Listers, > >>> We have overwhelmed by the responses, and suggestions to our plea for > >>> assistance with our James Oseen, who we now believe to be HAU/HOU Xin. > >>> We now are interested in finding more about our HAU Xin who was born > >>> in Amoy > >>> about 1827. His father's name we think was HAU Chung. > >>> We know that he married Emily BASS in 1858 Castlemaine, and Margaret > >>> Mowbray Black in 1862 Eaglehawk -both close to Specimen Creek where > >>> he was a > >>> storekeeper..... however, his means of travelling to Australia and > >>> his point > >>> of entry remain unanswered questions. > >>> HAU Xin died in 1868 and is buried in Campbells Creek > >>> cemetery....does any > >>> lister have access to this cemetery, or have a photo of the grave of > >>> James > >>> OSEEN.../HAU Xin? > >>> We have downloaded both marriage certificates, the death > >>> certificate, the > >>> entry from the Eaglehawk and District Pioneers Register Volume 4, > >>> and the > >>> only photo that we have: daughter Harriet OSEEN later known as Harriet > >>> CROSSLEY with her NICHOLLS grandchildren. > >>> Are there any listers interested in this family, or perhaps able to > >>> expand > >>> our knowledge?. > >>> We are exceedingly appreciative of all assistance both on Rootsweb, > >>> and on > >>> Chinese Genealogy > >>> With best wishes > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-re[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Pamela in Victoria, Australia Visit our family connections at: http://oysterfisher.tribalpages.com Contact us: [email protected] [email protected]