Dunolly life
"The Chinese, except for their crackers and feasts, were a very law-abiding crowd. They rarely drank the cheap grog of the Europeans."[1]
"The Chinese, except for their crackers and feasts, were a very law-abiding crowd. They rarely drank cheap grog of the Europeans."[1]
"I acquired a smattering
[of Cantonese], which helped me to converse in a manner with them... I soon learned to know of their keen sense of humour."[2]
"The fortunate ones soon found gold and managed to save it wisely... The gold wealth would permit them to live the life of gentlemen in
old China."[3]
Job Harrop, 1848–1917
Gold miner and boot maker, Dunolly
Victoria, Australia
Untold stories of Chinese-European encounters in the gold-mining towns
of Central Victoria
[1] Job Harrop and John Charles Harrop, “The Autobiography of Job Harrop: Little Job The Digger” (unpublished manuscript, ca. 1940), typewritten on paper, 20.
[2] Job Harrop and John Charles Harrop, “Little Job The Digger,” 20.
[3] Job Harrop and John Charles Harrop, “Little Job The Digger,” 19.