{"id":1890,"date":"2021-05-30T13:07:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T03:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/?page_id=1890"},"modified":"2021-11-10T07:41:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:41:03","slug":"when-is-a-joss-house-not-a-joss-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/when-is-a-joss-house-not-a-joss-house\/","title":{"rendered":"When is a Joss House not a Joss House?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Tasmania\u2019s Launceston there is a\u00a0Joss House in a museum<\/a>\u00a0that is considered to be a working temple. While in Atherton in northern Queensland there is a restored\u00a0temple that is a museum<\/a>. And then there is this one on\u00a0Mount Panorama<\/a>, Bathurst NSW that perhaps looks more like a Chinese temple than most actually built in Australia at any point during the 19th<\/sup>\u00a0century at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The origins of this replica Joss House \u2013 despite its having been erected only since the 1980s \u2013 are already lost, though perhaps not irrevocably just yet. A heritage report was done at the time and this may yet reveal the inspiration for this particular \u2018temple\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is known is that the Joss House is part of a goldfield recreation erected on the outskirts of Bathurst. Certainly it is to be commended for its efforts to include Chinese history in the goldfield history. As well as the temple there is also a Chinese camp with tents containing rice bowls and chopsticks to denote that they were occupied by Chinese miners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The temple contains no \u2018Joss\u2019 as such, instead it does contain an authentic Chinese Masonic altar<\/a> that was once part of the Bathurst Chinese Masonic Hall as well as various items that are \u2018Chinese\u2019. Overall this is an effort to represent Chinese Australian history that can and hopefully will be much improved on as its new owners get organised and more local research is done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Tasmania\u2019s Launceston there is a\u00a0Joss House in a museum\u00a0that is considered to be a working temple. While in Atherton in northern Queensland there is a restored\u00a0temple that is a museum. And then there is this one on\u00a0Mount Panorama, Bathurst NSW that perhaps looks more like a Chinese temple than most actually built in Australia … <\/p>\n

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