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    Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW, April 1897, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library.

Title
Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW
Description

Musicians in parade. Instuments include the two-stringed lute (erhu), followed by two fiddle-players, preceded by two dizi or flute players. Behind them one man hold a yueqin, or moon guitar, while the nearest figure seems to be playing a sanxian or three-string banjo.

Date
April 1897
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
External Url
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=394114

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    Title
    Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW
    Date
    April 1897
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    At Work and Play - 06075, BCP 06075
    Source

    Work and Play - images of rural life in NSW 1880-1940, Work and Play; State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of New South Wales.
  2. Published photograph
    Description

    Musicans at the Carnival, showing some fo the 'melodic ensemble', including the two-stringed bowed lute (erhu), followed by two fiddle-players, preceded by two dizi or flute players. Behind them one man hold a yueqin, or moon guitar, while the nearest figure seems to be playing a sanxian or three-string banjo.

    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.167, fig.6.8
    Source

    Lydon, Jane, Many Inventions: The Chinese in the Rocks 1890-1930, Monash Publications in History, Clayton, 1999. Details

    Reproduced from copy held by the State Library of New South Wales.

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Created: 17 May 2003, Last modified: 5 October 2005