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Hassan family

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    Selina Hassan with her two eldest sister Ah King and Ah Ying in Hong Kong studio, c. September 1919, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Ali and Selina Hassan with their children Ruby and Connie, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Ali and Selina Hassan with their children Ruby and Connie in Darwin 1920s, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    A man with hat and moustache. From montage two images., courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Boy with corrogated roof behind, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Chin Pak Cheong & friends, 1930s, courtesy of Cheong family archives (private collection).
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    Eva [?], mother-in-law and unidentified woman with child. From a montage of two images, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Family grouping with two young women in traditional Chinese dress and five children in western dress, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Lee family group at Ali Hassan's house, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Wedding group, 1930, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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Archival Collections

Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History)

  • Selina Hassan collection, SH; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection

  • Hassan family, 1880s - 1950, LTA 658; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details

Published Resources

Book Sections

  • Macgregor, Paul, 'Dreams of Jade and Gold', in Epstein, Anna (ed.), The Australian Family: Images and Essays, Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 1998, pp. 25-35. Details

Edited Books

  • Carment, David (ed.), Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1-3, Northern Territory University Press, 1990-1996. Details

Journal Articles

  • Martinez, Julia, 'The 'Malay' community in pre-war Darwin', Queensland Review, vol. 6, no. 2, 1999, pp. 45-58. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • 'Chinese migrant set up a shop', Hepburn Advocate, 18 November 1998. Details

Images

Title
Selina Hassan with her two eldest sisters Ah King and Ah Ying
Type
Photograph
Date
c. September 1919
Place
Hong Kong
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See also

Title
Ali and Selina Hassan with their children Ruby and Connie
Type
Photograph
Details
Title
Ali and Selina Hassan with their children Ruby and Connie in Darwin 1920s
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
An unidentified man with hat and moustache
Type
Photograph
Details
Title
Boy with corrogated roof behind
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia?
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Title
Chin Pak Cheong and friends on a Darwin beach c1930s
Type
Photograph
Date
1930s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Eva [?], mother-in-law and unidentified woman with child
Type
Photograph
Details
Title
Family grouping with two young women in Chinese-style dress and five children in western dress
Type
Photograph
Details
Title
Lee family group at Ali Hassan's house
Type
Photograph
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Title
Lucy (nee Yet Loong) Lee wedding portrait
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1930
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)?
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Title
Montage of two images: A man with hat and moustache; three women and a child.
Type
Photograph
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Title
Selina Hassan (nee Lee) with her children (from left) Connie, Allan and Ruby in Sydney
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1928
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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Title
Selina Hassan holding her daughter Connie
Type
Photograph
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Title
Selina Hassan in bathing costume
Type
Photograph
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Title
Selina Hassan, Ethel (Goot Ying) Cheong, Ruby Hassan, Myrtle Yee, unidentified, Jessie, Pauline Chin
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1935
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)?
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Title
Two unidentified children sitting on a chair draped with leopard skin
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia?
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Sources used to compile this entry: Carment, David (ed.), Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1-3, Northern Territory University Press, 1990-1996; Hassan family, 1880s - 1950, LTA 658; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection; Selina Hassan collection, SH; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).

Created: 17 May 2004, Last modified: 20 July 2005