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    Joss House, Breakfast Creek, 1886, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.

Title
Chinese temple, Breakfast Creek, 1886
Date
1886
Place
Australia - Queensland - Breakfast Creek
External Url
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    Title
    Joss House, Breakfast Creek, 1886
    Description

    Group of people outside the Chinese Buddhist temple at Breakfast Creek. One man holds a banner and another man in traditional chinese dress stands in the doorway of the temple. The temple first opened in 1884 and was made by artisans from mainland China who also brought the materials for building (Information taken from: D. Hacker, ed., A look back in time : a history of Bowen Hills-Newstead & The Creek, 1996).

    Date
    1886
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    copy print : b&w
    Control
    10124; picqld-2003-07-21-17-12
    Source

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

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Queensland.
  2. Print
    Title
    Chinese temple at Breakfast Creek, near Brisbane, 1886.
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Black and white photograph.
    Control
    P00609 N45-039
    Source

    P Series general picture collection, P series; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

    Dugan & Szware, There goes the Neighbourhood, p.85. Their Chinese Temple Society, Breakfast Creek.

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Brisbane Joss House at Breakfast Creek, erected in 1886
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    Caption: 'The Brisbane Joss House at Breakfast Creek, erected in 1886. The Joss House was attacked and desecrated repeatedly almost from the time of its opening despite numerous representations by the Chinese community to the Queensland Government. ON May 6, 1888 a meeting of the chinese Community at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, decided to send a telegram to Peking, asking for protection. After this things quietened for a while, but during World War I, the Joss House was attacked and looted by hooligans.'
    Control
    p.79
    Source

    Hornadge, Bill, The Yellow Peril: A Squint at Some Australian Attitudes towards Orientals, 2nd edn, Review Publications, Dubbo, 1976. Details

  4. Published photograph
    Title
    breakfast creek
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    captioned breakfast creek
    Control
    p.58
    Source

    Harris, Joe, The Bitter Fight: A Pictorial History of the Australian Labor Movement, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1970. Details

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Created: 12 February 2003, Last modified: 1 November 2005