Chimes in Asia and the Pacific Rim:
index by year of completion

This is an index to 55 existing chimes in Asia and the Pacific Rim region, in order by year of completion (to the current number of bells), unknown first.  Instruments which were completed in the same year are listed in order by the city name without regard to the exact date on which the installation was finished.

After the year, a letter indicates that it is

C - when the complete instrument was installed;
E - when the instrument was enlarged from its previous size;


    Location (City : Country)                Year

Unknown - 3 instruments
COLERAINE                     : AUSTRALIA    1??? C
SASEBO - HTB/5                : JAPAN        ???? C
TOKYO - SWU                   : JAPAN        1??? C

before 1880 - 3 instruments
CALCUTTA (KOLKATA) - STJ      : INDIA        1864 C
BALLARAT - TH/2               : AUSTRALIA    1869 C 
MADRAS (CHENNAI)              : INDIA        1871 C

1880s - 5 instruments
NEWTOWN                       : AUSTRALIA    1880 C
WELLINGTON - STPE             : NEW ZEALAND  188_ C
MURRURUNDI                    : AUSTRALIA    1883 C
MUMBAI (BOMBAY)               : INDIA        1883 C
SINGAPORE - STA               : SINGAPORE    1889 C

1890s - 3 instruments
MELBOURNE - GPO               : AUSTRALIA    1890 C
PUNE                          : INDIA        1893 C
CAMDEN                        : AUSTRALIA    1896 C

1900s - 1 instrument
COLABA                        : INDIA        1904 C

1910s - 3 instruments
SYDNEY - G                    : AUSTRALIA    1910 C
LISMORE                       : AUSTRALIA    1911 C
CALCUTTA (KOLKATA) - STM      : INDIA        1914 C  chimola

1920s - 5 instruments
GAWLER                        : AUSTRALIA    1921 C
MARRICKVILLE                  : AUSTRALIA    1922 C
PARRAMATTA - STJ              : AUSTRALIA    1923 C
MELBOURNE - T                 : AUSTRALIA    1927 C
MELBOURNE - B                 : AUSTRALIA    1929 C

1930s - 3 instruments
BUNDABERG                     : AUSTRALIA    1932 C
ADELAIDE - STAU               : AUSTRALIA    1933 C
BRISBANE - STAL               : AUSTRALIA    1938 C

1940s - 1 instrument
ROCKHAMPTON                   : AUSTRALIA    1946 C 

1950s - 2 instruments
PERTH - STM                   : AUSTRALIA    1951 C
HONG KONG                     : CHINA - HK   1953 C

1960s - 2 instruments
CANBERRA - STJ                : AUSTRALIA    1964 C
CANBERRA - STA                : AUSTRALIA    1968 C

1970s - 3 instruments
NAPIER                        : NEW ZEALAND  1974 C
PARRAMATTA - K                : AUSTRALIA    1974 C
KIAMA                         : AUSTRALIA    1976 C

1980s - 14 instruments
IPOH                          : MALAYSIA     1982 C
OKEGAWA                       : JAPAN        1985 C
KASHIWA CITY                  : JAPAN        1987 C
OMURA CITY                    : JAPAN        1987 C
SAPPORO                       : JAPAN        1987 C
YATSU                         : JAPAN        1987 C
YONO CITY                     : JAPAN        1987 C
FUKUOKA SHI                   : JAPAN        1988 C
HAIKI                         : JAPAN        1988 C
KATSUSHIKA                    : JAPAN        1988 C

LAUNCESTON                    : AUSTRALIA    1988 C
HIROSHIMA                     : JAPAN        1989 C
ROBINA                        : AUSTRALIA    1989 C
MANILA                        : PHILIPPINES  1989 C

1990s - 2 instruments
OSAKA - M                     : JAPAN        1990 C
SASEBO - HTB/3                : JAPAN        1991 C

2000s - 5 instruments
SYDNEY - Mobile               : AUSTRALIA    2002 C
QUEZON CITY - G               : PHILIPPINES  2005 C
QUEZON CITY - LS              : PHILIPPINES  2005 C
TUGUEGARAO CITY               : PHILIPPINES  2007 C
BATHURST - A                  : AUSTRALIA    2008 E ring


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This index page was built from the database on 15-Dec-06 and last revised on 16-Nov-07.

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