Foreword / by Geoffrey Blainey -- Chinese in Ballarat -- Gim Shan -- A warning -- In the night -- Ballarat's Charley Chan -- Feeding the dead -- The bone gatherer -- Old Sing sold some odd goods -- The Pao-Chung shop -- Dark ways of the Chinese -- Chinese kites -- Going home -- Friends from China -- Rules of a Chinese society -- The silver whistle -- Happy New Year -- One man's memories -- This place belongs to all Chinamen -- Herbalist -- Laundryman -- Solemn day of remembrance -- Willie Chung : Chinese gardener