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    View of Beaconsfield and Tasmania Mine., courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Chen Wing, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Dorris ('Dorrie') Chung Gon (left), daughter of Joseph Chung Gon, and her cousin in Launceston
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    View of Dow township, north west coast Tasmania., courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Family of half Chinese Mr Jin Gong Fon in Launceston, 1890s - 1910s, by Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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    Betty's wedding day 3rd August 1949, 3 August 1949, courtesy of Tueon family (private collection).
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    George Tueon (aged 17), 1910?, courtesy of Tueon family (private collection).
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    George in his lodge regalia, c. 1959, courtesy of Tueon family (private collection).
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    Lula Kow Yonn with youngest daughter Ruby (Tue Gnoak) Chinn and youngest son Arthur (Tung Chin) Chinn in Weldborough, Tasmania., c. 1910
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    Marjorie Fay - Ivy Fay - Marina Fay & Gordon Henry from Tasmanian - 1954, courtesy of M. Mar (private hands).
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Archival Collections

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery

  • General picture collection; Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. Details

Published Resources

Books

  • Miller, G. and Miller, S., Of Rascals and Rusty Relics: An Introduction to North-East Tasmania, OBM, Hobart, 1979. Details
  • Scott, Joan, Celestial Sojourn: The Chinese on the Tinfields of North East Tasmania, St Helens History Room Association, St Helens, 1997. Details
  • Smith, Teresa H., The North-eastern centenary, 1874-1974, Government Printer, Hobart, Tasmania, 1974?. Details

Book Sections

  • Gaughwin, Denise, 'Chinese settlement sites in north east Tasmania: An archaeological view', in P. Macgregor (ed.), Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 230-245. Details
  • Walden, Sue, 'The tinfields of North East Tasmania - A regional variation?', in P. Macgregor (ed.), Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, Museum of Chinese Australian History, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 177-190. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • ''The Mercury' goes to a Chinese christening dinner', The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania), 20 January, p. 16. Details
  • Hodgkinson, Dennis, 'Tasmania provided welcome gateway for Chinese', The Mercury (Hobart, Tasmania), 8 Feburary 1986. Details
  • Roberts, Mark, 'Hostile welcome for Chinese men', Examiner Express, 23 August 1980. Details
  • Winter, Wilfred, 'Burnie's Chinese', 31 January 1976, p. 14. Details

Reports

  • Vivian, Helen, Tasmania's Chinese heritage: An historical record of Chinese sites in North Eastern Tasmania, Unpublished report for Australian Heritage Comission and the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, 1985. Details

Theses

  • Alcock, Jacquelyn, 'The middle people: A history of the Launceston Chinese community', BA (hons) Thesis, Department of History and Classics, University of Tasmania, 1998. Details
  • Easteal, B.V, 'The Chinese in Tasmania, 1870-1909', BA (hons) Thesis, University of Tasmania. Details

Webpages

Online Resources

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Images

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A tin mining group with Gee Backhap, a well-known Lottah resident
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Photograph
Date
c. 1908
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Lottah?
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Ah Moy leg-roping a pig
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Photograph
Date
c. 1907
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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Beaconsfield and Tasmanian mine
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Beaconsfield
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Billy Bow standing outside his hut on the Blue Tier
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Blue Tier
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Chen Wing
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania?
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Chinese player heads soccer ball, Hobart
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Photograph
Date
1923
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Dorris ('Dorrie') Chung Gon, daughter of Joseph Chung Gon, and her cousin in Launceston
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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Dow township, north west coast Tasmania.
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Dow
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Family of part Chinese Mr Jin Gong Fon in Launceston
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Photograph
Date
1890s - 1910s
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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George and Elsie Tueon on their wedding day with Betty Tueon
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Photograph
Date
3 August 1949
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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George and Elsie Tueon with their grand daughter Rosilynn, Freda Chintock and Charlie Hee Jarm
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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George Tueon (aged 17)
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Photograph
Date
1910?
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston?
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George Tueon in his Buffalo Lodge regalia
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1959
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Derby
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Kit Kap, a tin miner, at Bradshaws Creek, Tasmania
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1914
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Bradshaws Creek
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Lula Kow Yonn with youngest children Ruby (Tue Gnoak) Chinn and Arthur (Tung Chin) Chinn
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1910
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Weldborough
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Marjorie Fay, Ivy Fay, Marina Fay and Gordon Henry from Tasmania - 1954
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Photograph
Date
1954
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Members of the Chinn family
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Photograph
Date
c. 1903
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Weldborough
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Moorina township
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Moorina
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Moorina view with a tent in foreground
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Photograph
Date
c. 1900
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Moorina
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Two men outside hut
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Photograph
Date
- 18 February 1905
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Weldborough
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Unidentified family group
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Photograph
Date
c. 4 December 1900
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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View of T.T.S. Works
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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View of T.T.S. Works
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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View of T.T.S. Works
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Photograph
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Australia - Tasmania
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View of T.T.S. Works with pond
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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Visiting Chinese soccer players in front of goal
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Photograph
Date
1923
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Wedding portrait of Tutoy Chinn and Charles Wong Hee
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Photograph
Date
28 September 1904
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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Weld St, Beaconsfield looking south, Tasmania
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Beaconsfield
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Weldborough temple
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Weldborough
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Ah Moy and family
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Photograph
Date
c. 1900
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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Charles Wah Sing
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Photograph
Date
1880s
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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Chung Gon family eating a Chinese-style christening banquet 1
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Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Chung Gon family eating a Chinese-style christening banquet 2
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Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Chung Gon family gather around as Mrs Edward Chung Gon helps her son Edward James Joseph (Kwok-weng) Chung Gon cut his christening cake
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Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Edward James Joseph Chung Gon being held by his mother with guests looking on
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Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Edward, Gladys and daughter Mei-Ling Chung Gon dine with James Chung Gon
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Photograph
Date
c. 25 July 1942
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Sandy Bay
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George and Elsie Tueon seated with their daughter Betty, granddaughter Maree and great grandson Ben and great granddaughter Tameika
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Photograph
Date
1976
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Flinders Island
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Gladys and Mei-Ling Chung Gon in the garden
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Photograph
Date
c. 25 July 1942
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Sandy Bay
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Gladys Chung Gon preparing a meal
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Photograph
Date
c. 25 July 1942
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Sandy Bay
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Gladys Chung Gon sewing a dress for her daughter Mei-Ling
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Photograph
Date
c. 25 July 1942
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Sandy Bay
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James Chung Gon holding Edward James Joseph Chung Gon
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Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Kit Kap, a tin miner, at Bradshaws Creek, Tasmania
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1914
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Bradshaws Creek
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Lula Kow Yonn and her younger children
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Photograph
Date
c. 1913
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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Lula Kow Yonn with Tutoy Chinn, Tue Gee Chinn and Len Heng
Type
Painting
Date
c. 1891
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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Maa Mon Chinn and eldest son Harry (Tung Chow) Chinn
Type
Painting
Date
c. 1888
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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Mary Wah Sing (nee Munting)
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Photograph
Date
1880s
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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Mei-ling Chung Gon bathing in bathroom wash basin
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 25 July 1942
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Sandy Bay
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Mei-Ling in her nursery
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Photograph
Date
c. 25 July 1942
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Sandy Bay
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Mrs Edward Chung Gon and her daughter Mei-ling holding Edward James Joseph Chung Gon
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 20 January 1944
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
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Three men outside Garibaldi temple
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1914 - c. 1918
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Garibaldi
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Unidentified family group
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 4 December 1900
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Launceston
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View of two houses, Scottsdale, Tasmania
Type
Photograph
Date
22 September 1910
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Scottsdale
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Wedding of Lim On in Launceston Tasmania, around 1900
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1900
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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Created: 19 March 2004, Last modified: 7 November 2005