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    Kum Chong Loong's I.X.L. Stores, Merriwa, late 19th/early 20th century, 1880s - 1920s, courtesy of Golden Threads project.

Title
Kum Chong Loong's I.X.L. Stores, Merriwa, late 19th/early 20th century
Date
1880s - 1920s
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Merriwa
External Url
http://hosting.collectionsaustralia.net/goldenthreads

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    Title
    Kum Chong Loong's I.X.L. Stores, Merriwa, late 19th/early 20th century
    Description

    According to local historian, Helen Bettington, the store was established in 1878 in a wooden building opposite what became the County Council showrooms. She writes: 'Trading continued in those premises, unaltered, for more than fifty years.'

    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    ID 305
    Source

    Golden Threads, People and Collections Database, Golden Threads project, http://hosting.collectionsaustralia.net/goldenthreads/collections/. Details

    The photograph is reproduced in Helen Bettington, Lure of the Land, Merriwa, NSW: Merriwa Historical Society, 1975, p. 77.

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Created: 21 May 2003, Last modified: 13 October 2005