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    BALLARAT BENEVOLENT ASYLUM FETE - THE CHINESE PROCESSION. [picture], 1 December 1875, courtesy of State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection.
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    Chinese dragon parade, c. 1900, by Paris, J.A. Publishers [?], courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Chinese procession, 1901?, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Chinese procession & the Chinese Citizen's Archway, Swanston Street, Melbourne, during the commemoration of the Duke of York's visit to open the first Australian Parliament, 1901., courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW, April 1897, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library.
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    Duke of York Celebrations, Melbourne. The Chinese Procession and the chinese Arch, Swanston St. [picture], 1901, by Rose, George, courtesy of State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection.
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    Dragon procession in Echuca, 1922, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Moomba Young Chinese League dragon procesion, 1950s - 1970s
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    Procession with Chinese Dragon, 1960s, by Unknown creator (see disclaimer), courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Processional dragon on Bourke & Swanston Sts., c. 17 March 1958, by Unknown creator (see disclaimer), courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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Processions, parades, displays and demonstrations have been an important part of street life in Australia. In Melbourne the first processions occurred in the late 1830s. Processions perform a range of functions from celebratory, commemorative to protest.

This activity is one shared by Chinese society. In China festivals were used to honour gods, ghosts and ancestors and involved food, dancing, fortune-telling, opera performances as well as processions. Chinese communities across Australia and elsewhere maintained these festivals, often reworked to fit more easily into their new environment. Chinese New Year and Ching Ming (Qing Ming) festivals were and still are widely celebrated.

In addition to being used to celebrate events important in the Chinese calendar they were quickly adopted and used in a broader Australian context, particularly as part of hospital fund raising events and royal visits. As early as 1867 the Chinese were involved in processions in Castlemaine and Ballarat to celebrate a British Royal Tour. In Bendigo and Ballarat Chinese processions were an annual event. In Bendigo they were held as part of the Bendigo Easter Fair which raised money for the Bendigo Base Hospital and Benevolent Asylum. So popular were these processions that in 1882 the Chinese organisers imposed a levy on all Chinese in the district so that banners and costumes could be purchased from China. Processions were also held in other parts of Australia.

These processions were spectacular events. The Chinese procession at the 1874 Beechworth Carnival was 200 strong, the procession as part of the Melbourne Hospital fund raising Bazaar in April 1900 contained 600 Chinese participants from around Victoria. This dwarfted the more well-known Federation procession held in Melbourne a little over a year later in May 1901 which had 300 participants.

The costumes and banners used were often shared by Chinese communities across Australia due to their expense. Costumes were borrowed from Bendigo and other Victorian towns for use in the Chinese procession in the Jubilee Charity Carnival in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Anniversary. Chinese opera costumes and props as well as ceremonial mandarin robes were also used.

Sources used to compile this entry: Ah Ket, Toylaan, Chinese Religious Practice in Sydney: Changes in Traditions in the 20th Century Resulting from encounter with Australian culture and Chritianity, Chinese Museum, Melbourne, 1999; Brown-May, Andrew, Melbourne Street Life: The Itinerary of Our Days, Australian Scholarly/Arcadia and Museum Victoria, 1998; Couchman, Sophie, 'Tong Yun Gai (Street of the Chinese): Investigating patterns of work and social life in Melbourne's Chinatown 1900-1920', MA thesis, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, 2001; Jack, Russell, 'The Chinese of Bendigo', in P. Macgregor (ed.), Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 389-393; Lydon, Jane, Many Inventions: The Chinese in the Rocks 1890-1930, Monash Publications in History, Clayton, 1999; May, Andrew, 'Theatrum urbis: Melbourne street processions', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 63, no. 2 & 3, October, 1992; Tsiatsias, Manuel, 'A celestial parade: The Chinese celebration of Australian nationhood, Melbourne, May 1901', BA (hons) Thesis, Department of History, La Trobe University, 1999.

Prepared by: Sophie Couchman, La Trobe University

Archival Collections

National Library of Australia - Picture collection

State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library

  • Foelsche: Lantern slides of old Darwin, PXN 254, ON 30; State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library. Details
  • Papers of E.D.W.S. Donnison, with photographs and newscuttings connected with her son Laurence Donnison, 1870 - 1964, ML MSS 890/3; State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library. Details
  • Quong Tart and family papers (1831-1940), ML MSS 5094; State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library. Details

State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection

  • Commemorative arches erected to honour the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details
  • Gosbell collection of lantern slides; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details

Published Resources

Books

  • Ah Ket, Toylaan, Chinese Religious Practice in Sydney: Changes in Traditions in the 20th Century Resulting from encounter with Australian culture and Chritianity, Chinese Museum, Melbourne, 1999. Details
  • Brown-May, Andrew, Melbourne Street Life: The Itinerary of Our Days, Australian Scholarly/Arcadia and Museum Victoria, 1998. Details
  • Lydon, Jane, Many Inventions: The Chinese in the Rocks 1890-1930, Monash Publications in History, Clayton, 1999. Details

Book Sections

  • Jack, Russell, 'The Chinese of Bendigo', in P. Macgregor (ed.), Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 389-393. Details

Journal Articles

  • May, Andrew, 'Theatrum urbis: Melbourne street processions', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 63, no. 2 & 3, October, 1992. Details

Newspaper articles

  • 'The Chinese pageant', Australian Sketcher, 1 June, p. 86. Details
  • 'The Chinese: Their quaint procession', Herald, 7 May 1901. Details
  • 'The Chinese Procession in Connection with the Jumble Carnival in Aid of the Womens Hospital [photographs]', Weekly Times, 19 October, p. 27. Details

Theses

  • Couchman, Sophie, 'Tong Yun Gai (Street of the Chinese): Investigating patterns of work and social life in Melbourne's Chinatown 1900-1920', MA thesis, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, 2001. Details
  • Tsiatsias, Manuel, 'A celestial parade: The Chinese celebration of Australian nationhood, Melbourne, May 1901', BA (hons) Thesis, Department of History, La Trobe University, 1999. Details

See also

  • 'The Chinese gala on the Agricultural Society's Ground [with 3 x photographs]', Sydney Mail, 2 October. Details
  • Craw, Leslie W., The Duke and Duchess: A Momento of their visit to melbourne and Opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament of Australia May 1901, Leslie W. Craw, Melbourne, c1901. Details
  • Hodgkinson, Dennis, 'Tasmania provided welcome gateway for Chinese', The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania), 8 Feburary 1986. Details
  • Holsworth, Carol, The Story of Yar Loong, Journal of Chinese Australia, October, http://131.172.16.7/jca/issue02/07Holsworth.html. Details
  • Rasmussen, Amanda, 'Networks and negotiations: Bendigo's Chinese and the Easter fair', Journal of Australian Colonial History, vol. 6, 2004, pp. 79-92. Details

Images

Title
'Ballarat Benevolent Asylum Fete - The Chinese Procession'
Type
Illustration
Date
c. 1 December 1875
Place
Australia - Victoria - Ballarat
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Title
Chinese display for Rose Day, celebrating the end of World War I, 1918
Type
Photograph
Date
1918
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth
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Title
Chinese dragon parade
Type
Photograph
Date
1900?
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Chinese float for the Rose Day Procession, St George's Terrace, 1918
Type
Photograph
Date
1918
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth
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Title
Chinese New Year procession, Cavenagh Street, Darwin, 1923
Type
Photograph
Date
1923
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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Title
Chinese procession
Type
Photograph
Date
1901?
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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Title
Chinese procession & the Chinese Citizen's Archway, Swanston Street, Melbourne, during the commemoration of the Duke of York's visit to open the first Australian Parliament, 1901.
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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Title
Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW
Type
Photograph
Date
April 1897
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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Title
Chinese procession passing under the Chinese Arch, Swanston Street with man in dark suit
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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Title
Chinese procession walking through Chinese Arch with figure in dark Chinese-style dress
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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Title
Dragon procession in Echuca
Type
Photograph
Date
1922
Place
Australia - Victoria - Echuca
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Title
Kalgoorlie Commonwealth Day, 1904
Type
Photograph
Date
1904
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Kalgoorlie area
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Title
Moomba Young Chinese League dragon procesion
Type
Photograph
Date
1950s - 1970s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Bourke Street
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Title
Procession with Chinese Dragon
Type
Photograph
Date
1960s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne?
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Title
Processional dragon on Bourke & Swanston Sts.
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 17 March 1958
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Bourke Street
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Title
Street scene with Chinese dragon
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Unidentified boy (Chinese-European ancestry) in uniform (band?)
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1877 - c. 1883
Place
Australia - Victoria - Bendigo (Sandhurst)
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Title
Unidentified Chinese event
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1900 - c. 1910
Place
Australia - Queensland - Innisfail (Geraldton)
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Title
Unidentified procession from the corner of Mitchell and Bennett Streets in Darwin
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1893
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
A float carrying a number of men dressed as (Chinese?) laundrymen.
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1905
Place
Australia - Victoria - Rainbow
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Title
A street parade float in Sydney
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1918
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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Title
Aerial view of Chinese federation dragon passing through the German arch
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Aerial view of dragon circling the Alexandra fountain
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1914 - c. 1941
Place
Australia - Victoria - Bendigo (Sandhurst) - Pall Mall
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Title
Back of the Chinese dignitaries' carriage going through the Chinese federation arch
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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Title
Bringing the dragon (or lion?) out of a Chinese temple at New Years Festival
Type
Photograph
Date
1922
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Celebration of the Goddess Chui-Lau Kwoon's birthday outside Man Fong Lau's
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1914 - c. 1920
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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Title
Chinese Arch, Barkley Street, Ballarat, 1901
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Ballarat - Barkly Street
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Title
Chinese children gathered for New Year Festival
Type
Photograph
Date
1922
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese display, French Comforts Day 9 November 1917
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 9 November 1917
Place
Australia - Western Australia
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Title
Chinese Dragon parade
Type
Photograph
Date
c. July 1901
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth
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Title
Chinese dragon passing under the German arch
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Chinese dragon procession for Melbourne charity event
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 5 May 1900
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Chinese dragon used in Chinese New Year procession
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1923
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese federation arch in a mostly empty street
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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Title
Chinese federation dragon outside parliament house
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Chinese federation procession passing through Queen's Arch, Collins Street
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Collins Street
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Title
Chinese funeral
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1901 - c. 1904
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese lion
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Western Australia
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Title
Chinese Lion Dance
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese lion outside Woods Street temple
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Woods Street
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Title
Chinese lion/dragon with procession
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese New Year ceremony featuring ceremonial decorations
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1923
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese New Year parade with men marching with flags and banners
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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Title
Chinese New Year procession
Type
Photograph
Date
c. February 1929
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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Title
Chinese New Year procession
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1923
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese New Year procession
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1923
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Mitchell Street
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Title
Chinese New Year Procession
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1901 - c. 1904
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese New Year procession with banners and flags
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese New Year procession with cars and people under umbrellas
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese procession
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1915
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese procession and the Chinese Arch, Swanston St.
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
Details
Title
Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW
Type
Photograph
Date
April 1897
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
Details
Title
Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW
Type
Photograph
Date
April 1897
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
Details
Title
Chinese procession at the Agricultural Ground, Sydney
Type
Photograph
Date
1897
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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Title
Chinese procession with banners, lion and firecrackers
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Chinese procession with flags and car
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory
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Title
Chinese welcome to the Governor at Innisfail, probably 1903
Type
Photograph
Date
1903
Place
Australia - Queensland - Innisfail (Geraldton)
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Title
Chinese welcome to the Governor in Cairns or Innisfail, 1903
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1903 - c. 1906
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns?
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Title
Chinese-style wedding in Cavenagh Street
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1 July 1936
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Chinese-style wedding proceding past 'Tree of Knowledge' banyan tree
Type
Photograph
Date
1931
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Citizens Arch, Duke of York visit
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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Title
Dorothy (Dolly) Yuen Ng standing outside the Chinese Temple, Darwin, dressed in 'Princess of the Float' costume
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1926
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Woods Street
Details
Title
Dragon procession in Perth
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth
Details
Title
Dragon walking along major Melbourne street (Swanston Street?)
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Dragon with unidentified man looking on
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1936 - c. 1958
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)?
Details
Title
Federation band passing through the Chinese federation arch
Type
Photograph
Date
1901
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
Details
Title
Female members of the Chinese float in the Multicultural Parade
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1943 - c. 1944
Place
Australia - South Australia - Adelaide
Details
Title
Female members of the Chinese float in the Multicultural Parade with flag
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1943 - c. 1944
Place
Australia - South Australia - Adelaide
Details
Title
First page of published photographs from the Melbourne Hospital Parade
Type
Photograph
Date
5 May 1900
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
'HMS Chinatown', procession float, Broome
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Broome
Details
Title
Lion dance in Chinese New Year procession
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Lion dancer in procession
Type
Photograph
Date
- 1939
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Lion with white legs and man holding the tail
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1928 - c. 1931
Place
Australia - Northern Territory
Details
Title
Long banner being carried in a procession along Cavenagh Street
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Long procession with six flags along sparsely populated street
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1928 - c. 1931
Place
Australia - Northern Territory
Details
Title
Mabel Wong (15 years old) dressed for procession in Sydney
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1899
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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Title
Mabel Wong (15 years) and unknown man dressed for procession in Sydney
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1899
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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Title
Marge Kwong, Connie Ham, Peter Wong, Daisy Quon and Dorothy Kwong with dragon head
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1947
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Montage of images of the Lord Mayor's parade
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 5 October 1928 - c. 5 October
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Montage of three published photographs from the Melbourne Hospital Parade
Type
Photograph
Date
c. May 1900
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Norma Quon and Beverly Geechoun, Jubilee Day procession, Melbourne
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1951
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Person dressed in costume to celebrate Chinese New Year
Type
Photograph
Date
1923
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Person in festival costume for Chinese New Year
Type
Photograph
Date
1923
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Procession (possibly Chinese New Year) in Darwin, c.1893
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1893 - 1900s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Procession along Cavanagh Street with one triangular flag and two rectangular ones
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1915 - c. 1916
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Procession along Cavenagh Street
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Procession in aid of the Women's Hospital
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1907
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Procession in Cooktown
Type
Photograph
Date
1887 - 1890
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cooktown
Details
Title
Procession marching along Mitchell Street
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Mitchell Street
Details
Title
Procession outside Man Fong Lau's building [?]
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Procession passing O. Jensen's store in Cavenagh Street
Type
Photograph
Date
1930s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Procession with four flags and a horse
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1928 - c. 1931
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)?
Details
Title
Second page of published photographs from the Melbourne Hospital Parade
Type
Photograph
Date
1900?
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
The Chinese arch, St. Georges Terrace 1
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1901
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth - St George's Terrace
Details
Title
The Chinese arch, St. Georges Terrace 2
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1901
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth - St George's Terrace
Details
Title
The participants (complete with marching girls) in a Chinese New Year procession
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1968 - c. 1969
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Three people in Chinese New Year costumes
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1923
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Two men dressed for dragon parade
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1925 - c. 1930
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Two unidentified men in procession costume
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1928 - c. 1931
Place
Australia - Northern Territory
Details
Title
Unidentified boy in ceremonial costume with ceremonial objects used in the Chinese New Year procession in the background
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1923
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Unidentified children under a Chinese dragon in front of a house in Darwin.
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1915
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Unidentified Chinese event at Geralton
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1900 - c. 1910
Place
Australia - Queensland - Innisfail (Geraldton)
Details
Title
Unidentified man examining processional lion
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Unidentified man in procession costume
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Unidentified man teasing a lion dancer
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory
Details
Title
Unidentified prominent Chinese citizens at the Jumble Carnival at Princes Court in aid of the Women's Hospital
Type
Photograph
Date
1907
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Unidentified women in Chinese opera costumes for Bendigo Easter procession
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Bendigo (Sandhurst)
Details
Title
Unidentified youths dressed for procession
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1914
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
View of lion in procession from above
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details
Title
Young Chinese League Members, South Melbourne Beach
Type
Photograph
Date
1950s - 1960s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Young man and woman pose in festival costume
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1923 - 1930s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)?
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