Condobolin

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• Adds details on early Chinese settlement and community structures in Condobolin, including a 1870s settlement period, a camp near Molong Street, occupations, and named businesses and temple.

Add: years irrigation has brought horticulture and cotton to the Lachlan River area Chinese community Chinese people began settling in Condobolin during the 1870s A Chinese camp developed near the eastern end of Molong Street between Goobang Creek and the Lachlan River Its population included market gardeners storekeepers and labourers employed in fencing ringbarking and other forms of pastoral work Chinese market gardeners cultivated land near the locality known as Chinamen's Bridge and sold produce in Condobolin and surrounding towns Chinese owned businesses included grocery stores operated by George U Long and Sam Yook while Sam Yook was also associated with the skin buying firm Lee Chong and Company 7 The camp contained a Chinese temple commonly described at the time as a joss house It was

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