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Table 6 Spatial meanings in Bowen (2010)
From: Circumstantiation: taking a broader look at circumstantial meanings
| Cl | Clauses | Circumstance | Downranked circumstance | Qualifier | Downranked Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The arrival of some 35,000 Chinese gold miners to Victoria during the 1850s increased demand for fish, a Chinese dietary staple. | to Victoria | |||
| 2 | The majority of these migrants were impoverished lower class men from the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian and the island of Amoy. | from the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian and the island of Amoy | |||
| 3 | In each of these regions fishing has historically played a major economic role. | In each of these regions | |||
| 6 | At a time when most Melbourne and Sydney based European fishermen were earning approximately £50 per year Chinese people working in Australia were earning that much every day. | in Australia | |||
| 8 | Chinese participation in Australia’s early commercial fishing industry has not received the same attention as that in the United States of America (US). | in the United States of America (US) | in Australia’s early commercial fishing industry | ||
| 9.2 | As will be shown, the Australian example mirrors the situation in the US | in the U.S. | |||
| 9.3 | where Chinese immigrants to the mid-nineteenth century gold rushes took up niche economic positions in labour-intensive work areas such as market gardening and fishing. | in labour-intensive work areas [such as market gardening and fishing | to the mid-nineteenth century gold rushes | ||
| 10.1 |
For approximately 20 years from the early 1850s Chinese people in the US caught | in the US | |||
| 10.2 | and cured whatever fish came into their nets. | into their nets | |||
| 12.1 | Only a small quantity of Chinese cured fish was consumed in the US, | in the US | |||
| 12.2 | the majority going to market in China in both a dry state in bags and having been pickled in casks | to market | in China | in bags | in casks |
| 13 | In 1880, an estimated $229,858 (US) worth of Chinese cured fish was exported from San Francisco to Hong Kong. | from San Francisco to Hong Kong | |||
| 14.3 | …that the retail value of all fresh fish [[(that were) sold in the San Francisco fish markets during 1877 was only US$220,000. | in the San Francisco fish markets | |||
| 15.1 | As in Australia, there are documented complaints in the US about the methods the Chinese used to catch fish |
in Australia, in the US | |||
| 16.1 | Archival and archeological evidence from America’s Chinese fishing history correlates with recent research from Australia |
from America’s Chinese fishing history, from Australia | |||
| 17 | This article offers an overview of Chinese fish-curing operations in colonial Australia. | in colonial Australia | |||
| 18.2 | It uses primary documents and field research to supplement the limited discussion in Australia’s written histories and scholarly works. | in Australia’s written histories and scholarly works | |||
| 19 | The likely internal structure of Chinese fish-curing establishments such as ownership, management arrangements and labour requirements is examined along with a range of questions concerning the activities of Chinese fish curers in colonial Australia. | in colonial Australia | |||
| 20.2 | …that Chinese people generated far greater wealth from Australia’s colonial fishing industry… | from Australia’s colonial fishing industry | |||
| Total | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
