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    Chinese quarters at Cairns after the cyclone, 1906, by Atkin, E, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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    Chinese farm workers planting cane on Hambledon Sugar Plantation, Cairns, 1890s, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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    Chinese welcome the first governmment official to Geraldton [now as Innisfail in Queensland], 1890-1910 [picture]., c. 1901 - 1902?, courtesy of National Library of Australia - Picture collection.
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    Gardeners on the railway station platform, Cairns, c. 1910, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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    Japanese girl in the Chinese/Japanese section of Cairns, ca. 1902, c. 1902, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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    Kwong Sue Duk with his three wives and fourteen children, Cairns, 1904, by Taylor, A. L., courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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    Labourer working on the Hambledon sugar plantation, Cairns, 1890 - 1900, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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    Locally made junks in Trinity Bay, Cairns, ca. 1907, c. 1907, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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    Wedding group, 1930, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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    Man in front of a grass hut in the Cairns District, Queensland, ca. 1890, c. 1890, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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Published Resources

Journal Articles

  • Grimwade, Gordon, 'Gold, gardens, temples and feasts: Chinese temple, Croydon, Queensland', Australasian Historical Archaeology, vol. 21, 2003, pp. 1-8. Details

Online Resources

See also

  • Ganter, Regina, Mixed Relations: Asian-Aboriginal Contact in North Australia, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 2006. Details
  • Strutton, S, 'Chinese tracks through the north', Walkabout, 1 July 1942, p. 31. Details

Images

Title
Chinese quarters at Cairns after the cyclone
Type
Photograph
Date
1906
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns - Grafton Street (Sachs Street)
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Entrance to Cairns temple
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1901 - c. 1904
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
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Wong Bow's Certificate of Domicle
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1906
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
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Title
Aerial view of Chinatown
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1888
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
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Title
Chinese farm workers planting cane on Hambledon Sugar Plantation, Cairns, 1890s
Type
Photograph
Date
1890s
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
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Title
Chinese welcome to the Governor in Cairns or Innisfail, 1903
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1903 - c. 1906
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns?
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Title
Entrance of one of the two temples in Cairns
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1890
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
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Title
Gardeners on the railway station platform, Cairns
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1910
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
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Title
Japanese girl in the Chinese/Japanese section of Cairns, c.1902
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1902
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
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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
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Title
Labourer working on the Hambledon sugar plantation, Cairns
Type
Photograph
Date
1890s
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
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Title
Locally made junks in Trinity Bay, Cairns, c1907
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1907
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns - Trinity Bay
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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
Small grass thatched hut with unidentified Chinese market gardener
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1889 - c. 1890
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
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Created: 7 November 2005