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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.

Title
Small grass thatched hut with unidentified Chinese market gardener
Description

Chinese man in western dress and hat stands out the front of the hut with his hands on his hips. Banana trees can be seen in the background and pineapples in the foreground.

Date
c. 1889 - c. 1890
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
External Url
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    Title
    Man in front of a grass hut in the Cairns District, Queensland, ca. 1890
    Description

    Portrait of a man standing in front of a bark hut with a thatched roof on a plantation? in the Cairns district, around 1890. Banana trees can be seen at the left and right hand sides of the image, and pineapples in the foreground.

    Date
    c. 1890
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    copy print : b&w. Caption: 'Pines and bananas'
    Control
    84-3-17; 70254; picqld-2003-01-07-12-47
    Source

    Miscellaneous collections; State Library of Queensland - John Oxley. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Queensland.
  2. Click to view this print
    Title
    A typical small grass thatched hut made of split palings used as weatherboards. A characteristic home for the Chinese market gardeners of North Queensland.
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Black and white photocopy of a photograph. Text bottom image: 'Pines and bananas'.
    Control
    P00654 NKK01 OHT2
    Source

    Norma King Koi collection, NKK; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the Chinese Museum
  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese Gardener and Blady Grass House, Cairns District
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    Cropped along bottom so that text does not appear
    Control
    facing 3.10, fig.3.10
    Source

    May, Cathie R., Topsawyers: The Chinese in Cairns, 1870-1920, James Cook University, History Department, Queensland, 1984. Details

  4. Published photograph
    Title
    A Chinese farmer outside his traditional thatched cottage with banans in the background and pineapples in the foreground
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    Bottom section of image has text cropped out.
    Control
    p.64
    Source

    Reynolds, Henry, North of Capricorn: The Untold Story of Australia's North, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2003. Details

    Reproduced from an original held by H. Reynolds

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Created: 12 February 2003, Last modified: 20 July 2005