FORMER GOLDEN POINT CHINESE VILLAGE SITE

The Golden Point Chinese Village was likely the first and largest Chinese village established under the Chinese Protectorate – Ballarat division. The site was established in 1854 and was manager by W. Foster. A watercolour map exists of the village as it was in 1856 before foster realigned the streets for “sanitation reasons”. The site was known to house between 300 to 1000 Chinese miners at a time. The last resident of the Chinese Camp died in 1910 and the site was slowly transitioned into the Lllaberris Reserve throughout the 20th century. 

The site is of historical and archaeological significance. 

The site is of high historic significance as one of the largest Chinese protectorate camps mapped within the Victorian Gold Fields. The site has the potential to contain archaeological deposits, features and artefacts relating to the occupation of the Golden Point Chinese Camp from 1855 util 1936.