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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
Related Subjects
Archival Collections
National Library of Australia - Picture collection
- Australia Federation celebrations, Melbourne, 1901, PIC PIC Doc Photo* ; nla.pic-an13117280; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details
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
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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- Chinese procession
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- 1901?
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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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.
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- 1901
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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- Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW
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- April 1897
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- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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- Chinese procession passing under the Chinese Arch, Swanston Street with man in dark suit
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- 1901
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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- Chinese procession walking through Chinese Arch with figure in dark Chinese-style dress
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- 1901
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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- Dragon procession in Echuca
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- 1922
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- Australia - Victoria - Echuca
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- Kalgoorlie Commonwealth Day, 1904
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- Photograph
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- 1904
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- Australia - Western Australia - Kalgoorlie area
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- Moomba Young Chinese League dragon procesion
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- Photograph
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- 1950s - 1970s
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Bourke Street
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- Procession with Chinese Dragon
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- Photograph
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- 1960s
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne?
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- Processional dragon on Bourke & Swanston Sts.
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- Photograph
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- c. 17 March 1958
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- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Bourke Street
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- Street scene with Chinese dragon
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1901
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Unidentified boy (Chinese-European ancestry) in uniform (band?)
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1877 - c. 1883
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Bendigo (Sandhurst)
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- Unidentified Chinese event
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1900 - c. 1910
- Place
- Australia - Queensland - Innisfail (Geraldton)
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- Unidentified procession from the corner of Mitchell and Bennett Streets in Darwin
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- Photograph
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- c. 1893
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- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- A float carrying a number of men dressed as (Chinese?) laundrymen.
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1905
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Rainbow
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- A street parade float in Sydney
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1918
- Place
- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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- Aerial view of Chinese federation dragon passing through the German arch
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1901
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Aerial view of dragon circling the Alexandra fountain
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1914 - c. 1941
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Bendigo (Sandhurst) - Pall Mall
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- Back of the Chinese dignitaries' carriage going through the Chinese federation arch
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1901
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Ballarat - Barkly Street
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- Title
- Chinese children gathered for New Year Festival
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1922
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Title
- Chinese display, French Comforts Day 9 November 1917
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 9 November 1917
- Place
- Australia - Western Australia
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- Title
- Chinese Dragon parade
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. July 1901
- Place
- Australia - Western Australia - Perth
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- Title
- Chinese dragon passing under the German arch
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1901
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Chinese dragon procession for Melbourne charity event
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 5 May 1900
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Chinese dragon used in Chinese New Year procession
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- 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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- Chinese federation procession passing through Queen's Arch, Collins Street
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1901
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Collins Street
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- Chinese funeral
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1901 - c. 1904
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese lion
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Western Australia
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- Chinese Lion Dance
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese lion outside Woods Street temple
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- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Woods Street
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- Chinese lion/dragon with procession
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- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese New Year ceremony featuring ceremonial decorations
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1923
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese New Year parade with men marching with flags and banners
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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- Chinese New Year procession
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. February 1929
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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- Chinese New Year procession
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1923
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese New Year procession
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1923
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Mitchell Street
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- Chinese New Year Procession
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1901 - c. 1904
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese New Year procession with banners and flags
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese New Year procession with cars and people under umbrellas
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese procession
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1915
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese procession and the Chinese Arch, Swanston St.
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1901
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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- Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW
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- Photograph
- Date
- April 1897
- Place
- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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- Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW
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- Photograph
- Date
- April 1897
- Place
- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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- Chinese procession at the Agricultural Ground, Sydney
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1897
- Place
- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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- Chinese procession with banners, lion and firecrackers
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Chinese procession with flags and car
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- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory
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- Chinese welcome to the Governor at Innisfail, probably 1903
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1903
- Place
- Australia - Queensland - Innisfail (Geraldton)
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- Chinese welcome to the Governor in Cairns or Innisfail, 1903
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1903 - c. 1906
- Place
- Australia - Queensland - Cairns?
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- Chinese-style wedding in Cavenagh Street
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1 July 1936
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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- Chinese-style wedding proceding past 'Tree of Knowledge' banyan tree
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1931
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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- Citizens Arch, Duke of York visit
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1901
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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- Dorothy (Dolly) Yuen Ng standing outside the Chinese Temple, Darwin, dressed in 'Princess of the Float' costume
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1926
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Woods Street
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- Dragon procession in Perth
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1901
- Place
- Australia - Western Australia - Perth
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- Dragon walking along major Melbourne street (Swanston Street?)
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1901
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Dragon with unidentified man looking on
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1936 - c. 1958
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)?
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- Federation band passing through the Chinese federation arch
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1901
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Swanston Street
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- Female members of the Chinese float in the Multicultural Parade
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1943 - c. 1944
- Place
- Australia - South Australia - Adelaide
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- Female members of the Chinese float in the Multicultural Parade with flag
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1943 - c. 1944
- Place
- Australia - South Australia - Adelaide
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- Title
- First page of published photographs from the Melbourne Hospital Parade
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- Photograph
- Date
- 5 May 1900
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Title
- 'HMS Chinatown', procession float, Broome
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- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Western Australia - Broome
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- Lion dance in Chinese New Year procession
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Lion dancer in procession
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- Photograph
- Date
- - 1939
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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- Lion with white legs and man holding the tail
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1928 - c. 1931
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory
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- Long banner being carried in a procession along Cavenagh Street
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- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
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- Title
- Long procession with six flags along sparsely populated street
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1928 - c. 1931
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory
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- Mabel Wong (15 years old) dressed for procession in Sydney
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1899
- Place
- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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- Mabel Wong (15 years) and unknown man dressed for procession in Sydney
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1899
- Place
- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
- Details
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- Marge Kwong, Connie Ham, Peter Wong, Daisy Quon and Dorothy Kwong with dragon head
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1947
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Montage of images of the Lord Mayor's parade
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 5 October 1928 - c. 5 October
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Montage of three published photographs from the Melbourne Hospital Parade
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. May 1900
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Title
- Norma Quon and Beverly Geechoun, Jubilee Day procession, Melbourne
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1951
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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- Person dressed in costume to celebrate Chinese New Year
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1923
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
- Details
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- Title
- Person in festival costume for Chinese New Year
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1923
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
- Details
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- Title
- Procession (possibly Chinese New Year) in Darwin, c.1893
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1893 - 1900s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
- Details
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- 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
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- Title
- Procession along Cavenagh Street
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
- Details
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- Title
- Procession in aid of the Women's Hospital
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1907
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Procession in Cooktown
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1887 - 1890
- Place
- Australia - Queensland - Cooktown
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- Procession marching along Mitchell Street
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Mitchell Street
- Details
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- Procession outside Man Fong Lau's building [?]
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
- Details
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- Title
- Procession passing O. Jensen's store in Cavenagh Street
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1930s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
- Details
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- Title
- Procession with four flags and a horse
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1928 - c. 1931
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)?
- Details
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- Title
- Second page of published photographs from the Melbourne Hospital Parade
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1900?
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Title
- The Chinese arch, St. Georges Terrace 1
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1901
- Place
- Australia - Western Australia - Perth - St George's Terrace
- Details
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- Title
- The Chinese arch, St. Georges Terrace 2
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1901
- Place
- Australia - Western Australia - Perth - St George's Terrace
- Details
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- Title
- The participants (complete with marching girls) in a Chinese New Year procession
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1968 - c. 1969
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Three people in Chinese New Year costumes
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1923
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
- Details
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- Title
- Two men dressed for dragon parade
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1925 - c. 1930
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Title
- Two unidentified men in procession costume
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1928 - c. 1931
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory
- Details
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- 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
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- 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
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- Title
- Unidentified Chinese event at Geralton
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1900 - c. 1910
- Place
- Australia - Queensland - Innisfail (Geraldton)
- Details
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- Title
- Unidentified man examining processional lion
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
- Details
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- Title
- Unidentified man in procession costume
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
- Details
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- Title
- Unidentified man teasing a lion dancer
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory
- Details
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- 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
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- Title
- Unidentified women in Chinese opera costumes for Bendigo Easter procession
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Bendigo (Sandhurst)
- Details
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- Title
- Unidentified youths dressed for procession
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1914
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
- Details
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- Title
- View of lion in procession from above
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
- Details
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- Title
- Young Chinese League Members, South Melbourne Beach
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1950s - 1960s
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Title
- Young man and woman pose in festival costume
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1923 - 1930s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)?
- Details
Created: 11 July 2001, Last modified: 20 September 2005
