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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

Shows the wenwushen (principal male role) on horseback, wearing a tunic, perhaps signifying armour (kai kao) and a military hat with pheasant plumes (luo mao and zhi wei) and tassels; four military bannners, or kao qi, wave from his shoulder, and sashes or streamers hang from his robe.

Date
April 1897
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
External Url
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=394115

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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 - 06076, BCP 06076
    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

    The wenwushen (principal male role) on horseback, wearing a tunic, perhaps signifying armour (kai kao) and a military hat with pheasant plumes (luo mao and zhi wei) and tassels; four military banners, or kao qi, wave from his shoulders, and sashes or streamers hand from his robe.

    Date
    1897
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.168, fig.6.9
    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