To date, over 185 individual places have been mapped on Scattered Legacy. For the purposes of this database the major cities have been designated as their own regions and separate suburbs or locations within these urban areas are ignored. Outside of these, 24 regions have been designated as groupings that made sense to the communities of Chinese Australians living within them.

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The cities are of course the six State capitals plus Canberra.

Regions (and their places)

1.     Indian Ocean Coast - Cossack

2.     Kimberleys (WA) – Wyndham Port, Broome

3.     Southern Highlands (NSW) – Goulburn

4.     North Coast (NSW) – Murwillumbah, Mullumbimby

5.     Central West (NSW) – Bathurst, Hill End, Cootamundra, Ootha, Sofala, Maitland Bar, Tambaroora, Stuart Town, Mookerawa, Orange, Wellington, Condoblin, Young

6.     Illawarra (NSW) – Wollongong

7.     Hunter Valley (NSW) – Newcastle, Waratah, Morpeth

8.     Snowy Mountains (NSW) – Queanbeyan, Tumut, Mongarlowe, Jembaicumbene, Brooks’ Creek, Araluen, Kiandra, Craigie, Strike-a-light Flat

9.     South Coast (NSW) – Braidwood, Nerrigundah

10.  Riverina (NSW/VIC) – Wagga, Albury, Temora, Rutherglen, Wodonga, Mimosa, Chiltern, Narrandera, Wahgunyah

11.  Northern Tablelands (NSW) – Inverell, Upper Bingara, Wombat, Skeleton Creek, Timbarra, Armidale, Tingah, Uralla, Emmaville. Rocky River, Guyra

12.  Far West (NSW) – Nyngan, Wilcannia, Moree, Hay

13.  Northern Territory – Mount Wells, Mount Diamond, Pine Creek, Douglas-Daly, Brocks Creek

14.  Gippsland (Vic) – Sale, Jericho

15.  Western Districts (Vic) – Harrow

16.  Ovens Goldfields (Vic) – Wangaratta, Myrtleford, Yackandandah, Bowmans Forest, Stanley, Omeo, Mitta Mitta, Indigo, Growlers Creek, Granite Flat, Germantown, Bright, Buckland

17.  Central Goldfields (Vic) – Beechworth, Bendigo, Vaughan, Windeyer, Avoca, Maryborough, Majorcia, Mount Misery, Daylesford, Hepburn, Heathcote, Guildford, Creswick, Blackwood, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Ararat, Harrietville, Bairnsdale, Amherst

18.  Gulf Country (Qld) – Golden Gate, Burketown, Normantown, Mt Hogan, Georgetown, Croydon

19.  Far North (QLD) – Irvinebank, Thursday Island, Atherton, Port Douglas, Palmerville, Ravenswood, Palmer River Goldfields, Innisfail, Herberton, Halifax, Mossman, Cooktown, Cairns, Maytown, Thornborough

20.  Central (QLD) - Mackay, Bouldercombe, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton, Charters Towers

21.  South (QLD) – Gayndah, Warwick, Wylie Creek, Ruby Creek, Tannymorel, Gilberton, Bundaberg, Christmas Creek, Gympie, Booubyian, Kilkivan, Killarney

22.  Coorong (SA) – Robe, Chinamans Well, Edenhope, Mount Gambier

23.  Central (SA) – Oodnadatta, Caltowie, Waikerie

24.  Northeast Tasmania – Launceston, Weldborough, Moorina, Lefroy, Garabaldi