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    Chinese welcome the first governmment official to Geraldton [now as Innisfail in Queensland], 1890-1910 [picture]., c. 1901 - 1902?, courtesy of National Library of Australia - Picture collection.

Title
Chinese welcome to the Governor in Cairns or Innisfail, 1903
Description

Shows a procession of people holding a flag in traditional costume. The street they walk along is open on the left hand side with verandahed shops on the other side.

Date
c. 1903 - c. 1906
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns?
Interpretive description

It is uncertain whether this photograph was taken in Cairns or Innisfail. The Oxley library print is slightly cropped on all sides compared to the copy published in Cathy May's book.

External Url
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3551240

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    Title
    Chinese welcome the first governmment official to Geraldton [now as Innisfail in Queensland], 1890-1910 [picture].
    Date
    c. 1901 - 1902?
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    1 photograph : albumen, sepia toned ; image 15.6 x 20.5 cm. Title from inscription. Inscriptions: caption in pen beneath image. Condition: Glued to cardboard, silvering. Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3551240; Donated by Mr. Tiger See Hoe, 2005.
    Control
    nla.pic-vn3551240, PIC/9834/3 LOC Box PIC/9834 *
    Source

    Arthur (Tiger) See Hoe collection; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details

    Rights
    National Library of Australia
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    Title
    Procession along a street in Innisfail, ca. 1906
    Description

    Procession along a street in Innisfail, Queensland, around 1906. (Description supplied with photograph). Chinese immigrants are among the parade of people (note the Chinese lanterns being carried by men towards the front of the procession).

    Date
    c. 1906
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    copy print : b&w
    Control
    31106; picqld-2002-12-09-13-32
    Source

    Miscellaneous collections; State Library of Queensland - John Oxley. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Queensland.
  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese welcome to the Governor in Cairns, 1903
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    facing p.203, fig 6.1
    Source

    May, Cathie R., Topsawyers: The Chinese in Cairns, 1870-1920, James Cook University, History Department, Queensland, 1984. Details

  4. Print
    Title
    Chinese welcome to the Governor in Cairns, 1903
    Date
    c. 1903
    Type
    Print
    Form
    copyprint, no negative
    Source

    Images published in Cathy May's Topsawyers; James Cook University Archives. Details

  5. Published photograph
    Title
    A Chinese procession in Innisfail, c1906
    Date
    1906
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.71
    Source

    Reynolds, Henry, North of Capricorn: The Untold Story of Australia's North, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2003. Details

    Reproduced from copy held by the Oxley library

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Created: 3 February 2003, Last modified: 1 November 2005