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    'A Chinese garden in Victoria', c. 1874
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    'In an opium den' and 'The vegetarian's friend', 26 April 1888, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    'Sketches from the Queensland diggings', 22 January 1879, courtesy of National Library of Australia - Picture collection.
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    'The Chinese hawker', 1873, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Thomas Ah Young and Rupert Sing, historical cart, courtesy of R. Ansell (private hands).
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    Chinese fruit and vegetable seller, Brisbane, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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    Chinn brothers at Victoria Market, ca 1960s, by Unknown creator (see disclaimer)
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    E.A. Lums & Co Cash Grocers and Provision Merchants, Subiaco [photograph], 1916, courtesy of State Library of Western Australia - Battye Library.
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    Edward Chong, Oodnadatta, c. 1918, courtesy of State Library of South Australia.
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    [Portrait of unidentified Chinese fruit and vegetable hawker with baskets of produce] [picture]., c. 23 April 1895, courtesy of National Library of Australia - Picture collection.
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Archival Collections

State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library

  • Photographic album of Sydney and environs, including The Rangers, Mosman, ca 1875-1905, c. 1875 - c. 1904, PXA 841; State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library. Details

Published Resources

Books

  • May, Cathie R., Topsawyers: The Chinese in Cairns, 1870-1920, James Cook University, History Department, Queensland, 1984. Details
  • Yong, C.F., New Gold Mountain: The Chinese in Australia 1901-1920, Raphael Arts, South Australia, 1977. Details

Book Sections

  • Couchman, Sophie, 'The banana trade: Its importance to Melbourne's Chinese and Little Bourke Street, 1880s-1930s', in P. Macgregor (ed.), Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 75-90. Details

Edited Books

  • Cole, Colin E. (ed.), Melbourne markets, 1841-1979: The story of the fruit and vegetable markets in the City of Melbourne, Melbourne Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market Trust, [Footscray, Vic.], 1980. Details

Journal articles

  • Yong, C. F., 'The banana trade and the Chinese in NSW and Victoria, 1901-1921', ANU Historical Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, 1964, pp. 28-35. Details

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Images

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'A Chinese garden in Victoria'
Type
Illustration
Date
c. 1874
Place
Australia - Victoria
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Alfred Fong Tong in his vegetable garden
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Warracknabeal
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Chinese market gardener Lau Poi Wei selling his produce in the streets of North Perth, 1930s-1940s
Type
Photograph
Date
1930s - 1940s
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth
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Front view of J. Louey Produce Merchants on the corner of Stirling and Newcastle Streets, 1890-1910
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1890 - c. 1910
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth
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'In an opium den' and 'The vegetarian's friend'
Type
Illustration
Date
26 April 1888
Place
Australia - New South Wales
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Title
Len Chiew and Herbert Quan Hen at J & S Chiew & Co. Seed and Produce Merchant, 99-101 James Street, c. 1941
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1941
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth
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Title
'Sketches from the Queensland diggings'
Type
Illustration
Date
c. 22 January 1879
Place
Australia - Queensland
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Title
'The Chinese hawker'
Type
Illustration
Date
1873
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Thomas Ah Young and Rupert Sing, historical cart
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Maryborough
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Unidentified women standing in front of Anguey & Sons general store in Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Little Collins Street
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Title
Wing Sang & Co. Importers, Exporters, Fruit Merchants and Commission Agents
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney - Hay Street
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Chinese fruit and vegetable seller, Brisbane
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Queensland - Brisbane
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Chinn brothers at Victoria Market, ca 1960s
Type
Photograph
Date
1960s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Queen Victoria Market
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E.A. Lums & Co Cash Grocers and Provision Merchants, Subiaco
Type
Photograph
Date
1916
Place
Australia - Western Australia - Perth - Subiaco - Hay Street
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Edward Chong, Oodnadatta
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1918
Place
Australia - South Australia - Oodnadatta
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Jimmy War Sing on his fruit and vegetable cart
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1900 - c. 1902
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Blue Mountains - Katoomba
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Unidentified fruit merchant with shoulder pole
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1909
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Unidentified vegetable hawker with two baskets of vegetables balanced on his shoulders
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1895
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Willie Mar's fruit and vegetable shop, Winton, Queensland, c1947
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1947
Place
Australia - Queensland - Winton
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Created: 23 May 2003, Last modified: 4 October 2011