- Alternative Names
- dragon robes (also used)
- long pao (also used)
- mandarin robes (also used)
- Summary
Mandarin dress has the following elements:
Mandarin or dragon robes (referred to in China as long pao or jifu)
surcoat - worn over robes with badges of rank on front and back
collar - detachable, made of varying materials
hat - summer or winter style, possibly including a spherical knob and/or peacock/raven feathers
shoes - black satin with white soles
mandarin chains - necklace of precious stones
girdles - with belt buckle and plaques.
Related Subjects
Archival Collections
State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection
- Rural Water Corporation collection, PIC LTGN 196; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details
Published Resources
Books
- Garrett, Valerie M., Chinese Clothing: An Illustrated Guide, Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1998. Details
- Roberts, Claire, Evolution and Revolution: Chinese Dress 1700s-1900s, Powerhouse Publishing, Haymarket, Sydney, NSW, 1997. Details
- Wilson, Verity, Chinese Dress, Bamboo Publishing with Victorian and Albert Museum, London, 1986. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'Chinese mandarins [with photograph]', Australian Town and Country Journal, 23 February 1895, p. 28. Details
- 'Mr Quong Tart in his mandarin dress [photograph]', Chinese Australian Herald, Supplement, 29 January 1897. Details
See also
- 'A Chinese farewell [with photograph]', Australian Town and Country Journal, 26 March 1898, p. 38. Details
Images
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- Title
- Decorated photographic montage of Quong Tart and his family
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1892
- Place
- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney - Ashfield
- Details
See also
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- Title
- Chang the Chinese Giant with an unidentified Chinese woman and European man
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1871
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
- Details
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- Title
- Chang, the Chinese Giant
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1871
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Ballarat
- Details
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- Title
- Gathering at the Residency
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1905
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Esplanade
- Details
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- Title
- James Lamsey in mandarin robes
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1900
- Place
- Australia - Victoria
- Details
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- Title
- Kwong Sue Duk with three of his wives and fourteen of his children, Cairns, 1904
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1904
- Place
- Australia - Queensland - Cairns
- Details
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- Title
- Quong Tart and his wife Margaret
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1892 - c. 1894
- Place
- Australia - New South Wales
- Details
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- Title
- Quong Tart seated in mandarin robes
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 11 July 1894 - c. 29 January 1897
- Place
- Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
- Details
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- Title
- Reception at Government House (Adelaide) for Duke and Duchess of York
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1901
- Place
- Australia - South Australia - Adelaide
- Details
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- Title
- Unidentified Chinese Consul
- Type
- Photograph
- Place
- Australia - Queensland
- Details
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- Title
- Unidentified western woman in Chinese dress
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1900 - c. 1940
- Place
- Australia - Victoria
- Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Garrett, Valerie M., Chinese Clothing: An Illustrated Guide, Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, 1998; Wilson, Verity, Chinese Dress, Bamboo Publishing with Victorian and Albert Museum, London, 1986.
Created: 23 April 2004, Last modified: 20 September 2005
