- Title
- Unidentified women in Chinese opera costumes for Bendigo Easter procession
- Description
One of the women is the sister of Daisy Quon’s mother. They appear to be standing in front of the back of a Chinese arch (or maybe a float?). One woman holds a painted glass. Behind her is another pillar supporting idea that it is a float. Pattern above wave pattern is similar to dragon or carp scales.
- Date
- 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Bendigo (Sandhurst)
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- Title
- Women in traditional dress
- Description
Bendigo Easter parade in the 1920s. Women are wearing Chinese opera costumes. One of the women is the sister of Daisy Quon’s mother. They appear to be standing in front of the back of a Chinese arch (or maybe a float?). One woman holds a painted glass. Behind her is another pillar supporting idea that it is a float. Pattern above wave pattern is similar to dragon or carp scales. Similar costumes are in the MCAH but these costumes probably archived to the Bendigo Golden Dragon Museum.
- Date
- 1920s
- Type
- Form
- 25x20cm black and white photograph and 17.5x12.5cm black and white print.
- Control
- P00789 DQ010
- Source
Daisy Quon collection, DQ; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details
- Rights
- Reproduction rights owned by the Chinese Museum
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- Type
- Negative
- Control
- DQ010 N57-008
- Source
Negative collection (5x7 inch), N57; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details
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Families
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Created: 12 February 2003, Last modified: 14 July 2010
