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 >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >