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Photograph

Title
Three men outside Garibaldi temple
Description

'Sharkey' on the right.

Date
c. 1914 - c. 1918
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Garibaldi
Interpretive description

Chinese Museum holds two copy prints of this image which are the mirror image of the copy published in 40 Degrees South.

Versions

  1. Print (front)
    Title
    'Sharkey', right, outside Joss House, Weldborough
    Description

    Caption on rear may be wrong. It may be Garibaldi not Weldborough

    Type
    Print (front)
    Form
    Black and white photograph.
    Control
    P00217, P00217a
    Source

    P Series general picture collection, P series; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the Chinese Museum
  2. Click to view this print (back)
    Type
    Print (back)
    Source

    P Series general picture collection, P series; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Joss house, Garibaldi
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.44
    Source

    Rootes, Trevor, 'Miners of the North-East', 40 [Degrees] South: Tasmania and Beyond, vol. 37, 2005, pp. 42-43. Details

  4. Published photograph
    Title
    The Joss Hosue, Garabaldi [sic[.
    Description

    This Joss House was later moved to Weldborough, and is now in the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston.

    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.31
    Source

    Smith, Teresa H., The North-eastern centenary, 1874-1974, Government Printer, Hobart, Tasmania, 1974?. Details

  5. Published photograph
    Title
    The temple at Garibaldi, 1914
    Description

    From left to right, Ah Hep, Yee Gee and Sharkey

    Date
    c. 1914
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.182
    Source

    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

    Original photograph: H.J. King collection

  6. Print
    Title
    View of three Chinese men standing on the verandah of the Garibaldi Joss House (or it may be Weldborough) in 1918 (or 1914)
    Date
    c. 1914 - c. 1918
    Type
    Print
    Form
    hnadwritten: reverse print: 'Weldborough, 1914 ? Garibaldi'
    Creator
    King, H.J.
    Control
    AVM:1983:P:1618
    Source

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

  7. Published photograph
    Title
    The joss house at Garibaldi
    Date
    c. 1914
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.64
    Source

    Miller, G. and Miller, S., Of Rascals and Rusty Relics: An Introduction to North-East Tasmania, OBM, Hobart, 1979. Details

    Reproduced from H.J. King, Weekly Courier, 21 May 1914

  8. Published photograph
    Title
    Photo of Garibaldi Joss House c1918 with three Chinese standing on the verandah
    Date
    c. 1918
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    plate 9
    Source

    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

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Created: 12 February 2003, Last modified: 9 June 2006