The property is owned by NSW Land Registry Services, a privatised agency of the New South Wales Government.

The Wongaibon and Nyaampiyaa were hostile to the invasion and after the substantial loss of European life the Government ordered the settlers out of the area.

European occupation in the adjacent districts reached sufficient density in 1850 to protect the return of settlers and suppress the traditional owners.

The main occupation for Chinese in Nyngan was timber-felling and ring-barking, especially mulga (Acacia aneura) and bimble box (Eucalyptus populnea), or clearing the land for farming and grazing.

[1] The Chinese saying "'upon the roots of the tree rest falling leaves" expresses a desire to be buried near their home village and relatives.

The proximity to relatives would allow them to burn offerings to the deceased's soul and complete the rites that could bring the family fortune.

When a Chinese person died overseas, the ritual required steps be taken to restore the deceased to their home village in China.

[1] Chinese funerary rituals include presenting offerings to the deceased's spirit by descendants and burners were frequently constructed in cemeteries to enable this.

They serve as a safe place for the ritualised burning of spiritual tributes, such as paper facsimiles of money, clothing, possessions and houses.

Bogan Shire Council relocated the markers to their current location in the early 1990s and placed them in a row near the burner, similar to other Chinese cemeteries.

[1] The Bogan Shire Council, as administrators of the Cemetery, hold a card system registry of burials, which has been computerised.

Bogan Shire Council relocated the Chinese grave markers in the early 1990s, removing them from their original context.

[1] In the twenty-first century the existing Chinese grave markers are lined up in a single row facing north.

The translated inscriptions are as follows: one of the stones has gone missing since the survey was undertaken in 1994, it is unclear which one:[1] "Kime Moon In Loving Memory We never knew what pain he bore.

[1] As at 31 March 2004, the site has high archaeological potential, particularly as it is unknown if the bodies associated with the Chinese grave markers were exhumed, as was normal practice.

[1] Glass and ceramic fragments are frequently found on or near non-grassy ground surfaces at relatively undisturbed Chinese cemetery sites as evidence of ritual offering practices.

Although they were moved to their present location in the early 1990s, they are relatively intact and are arranged in a similar fashion to other Chinese grave markers (in a neat row).

While not being a lavish example, it is of an unusual design, also found in California and is indicative of adaptations made by Chinese to life outside their country.

The burner and markers are evidence of Chinese funerary practices as carried out in New South Wales and provide research potential regarding the number of burials exhumed and returned to China.

The Chinese in Nyngan provided an important labour pool to the early township as tree clearers, ring-barkers and local market gardeners.

In these capacities the Chinese made land available for pastoralists and experiments in wheat cropping, which took place early in the twentieth century.

The Chinese saying "upon the roots of the tree rest falling leaves" expresses a desire to be buried with their ancestors, allowing their relatives to look after their spirit with burnt offerings.

[1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

Many Australian Chinese communities were affluent as a result of success on the goldfields or in commerce and therefore built elaborate burners.

The Nyngan example reflects the economic status of the community and is aesthetically distinctive as a functional and modest burner.

The grave markers and burner in Nyngan Cemetery have a special associations with the Chinese community and the families of the deceased, as the resting place for those individuals who lived and worked in the area.

Although there are several examples of Chinese burners throughout Australia and overseas, each is slightly different in appearance, due to available materials, community resources and the person(s) who constructed it.

[1] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

The Nyngan graves and burner are of State significance as a rare physical reminder of the presence of Chinese in Central West and Western New South Wales.

Comparisons with Wagga and Deniliquin suggest the Nyngan burner is typical of the style built by Chinese communities primarily engaged in agricultural or labouring employment.