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medicine - traditional Chinese

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    J. Chung Leong in car outside 'J. Chung Leong Chinese Herbalist', c. 1920, by Owen's Studio, courtesy of Museum Victoria.
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    Premises of Lum Yow, Chinese herbalist
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    Ballarat Mines, c. 1875 - c. 1938, by Ward, H. C. photographer, courtesy of State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection.
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    Thomas Chong, courtesy of Monash University.
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    Dwellings in Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne., c. 1958, by O'Brien, John L. (1909-1965), courtesy of University of Melbourne Archives.
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    Frank Shun Goon in car with chauffeur outside house and practice, Peel St, Ballarat, c. 1920, by Eden Photo Studios, Ballarat, courtesy of F. Anderson (private hands).
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    Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne., c. 1958, by O'Brien, John L. (1909-1965), courtesy of University of Melbourne Archives.
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Alternative Names
  • herbalism

Related Families

Published Resources

Book Sections

  • Loh, Morag, 'A country practice: Thomas Chong - herbalist of Bairnsdale, Victoria; his place, his peers', in P. Macgregor (ed.), Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 15-28. Details

Journal articles

  • Loh, Morag, 'Victoria as A Catalyst for Western and Chinese Medicine', Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, September, pp. 38-46. Details
  • Tiquia, Rey, '"Bottling" an Australian medical tradition: Traditional Chinese medicine during the Australian federation', After the Rush: Regulation, Participation and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860-1940 (Otherland Literary Journal), vol. 9, 2004, pp. 203-216. Details

See also

  • Rolls, Eric, 'The flow of life: Doctors and herbalists', in P. Macgregor (ed.), Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 7-14. Details
  • Taplin, Harry, Shang, Caleb James (1884 - 1953), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, 574 pp, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110587b.htm. Details
  • Yu, Ouyang, 'All the lower order: Representations of Chinese cooks, market gardeners, street hawkers, laundrymen, storekeepers, domestic servants and herbalists in Australian literature from 1888-1988', in P. Macgregor (ed.), Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 100-112. Details

Images

Title
J. Chung Leong, Chinese herbalist, in his car, outside his premises
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1920
Place
Australia - Victoria - Ballarat
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Lo Kwoi Sang
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Photograph
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Premises of Lum Yow, Chinese herbalist
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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See also

Title
Ballarat mines (including Chow Yew Apothecary)
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1875 - c. 1938
Place
Australia - Victoria - Ballarat
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Title
Dr Thomas Chong standing on his verandah
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Bairnsdale
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Dwellings in Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, including C.Y. Linn, Chinese herbalist.
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1958
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Fitzroy - Nicholson Street
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Title
Frank Shum Goon in car with chauffeur outside house and practice, Peel St, Ballarat
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1920
Place
Australia - Victoria - Ballarat - Peel Street
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Title
Nicholson Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, including S.T. Goon.
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1958
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Fitzroy - Nicholson Street
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'Sketches from the Queensland diggings'
Type
Illustration
Date
c. 22 January 1879
Place
Australia - Queensland
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Title
Streetscape including C.Y. Linn, Chinese herbalist
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Fitzroy - Nicholson Street
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Created: 19 May 2003, Last modified: 22 September 2005