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    New (or Mew) Chum - Miss Smith's copy of a photograph of a chinese man (?), 1870 - 1875, by American & Australasian Photographic Company, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library.

Title
New (or Mew) Chum
Date
1870 - 1875
Place
Australia - New South Wales?
External Url
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=64233

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    Title
    New (or Mew) Chum - Miss Smith's copy of a photograph of a chinese man (?)
    Description

    New or Mew Chum is not on photograph item PXA 4999 Box 19 No 10178. It is written on the back. "New chum" was a common term for a recent arrival to Australia

    Date
    1870 - 1875
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    1 glass photonegative - Quarter plate
    Creator
    American & Australasian Photographic Company
    Control
    Home and Away - 41005, ON 4 Box 19 No 10178
    Source

    Holtermann collection: Photographs of goldfield towns in N.S.W. and Victoria; Sydney and melbourne streets and buildings, 1871-1876, ONCY 25; State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library. Details

    Originally Miss Smith's copy (?) of photograph.

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of New South Wales.

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