Photograph

Title: Unidentified Chinese miner testing for wash, Great Britain Mine, Emmaville, 1899
Date: c. 1899
Place: Australia - New South Wales - Emmaville
Interpretive description: Photograph reproduced in 'Golden Threads' has been cropped.
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Versions

Title
photograph (1), Chinese miner testing for wash, Great Britain Mine, Emmaville, 1899, taken by Robert Newby Kirk

Date
c. 1899

Type
catalogue record

Creator
Kirk, Robert Newby

Control
ID 377

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

From the album presented by photographer and mining agent, Robert Newby Kirk to the mine's manager, Sandy McGillivray, (See GT 10430)
Title
Chinese miner testing wash, Great Britain Mine, Emmaville, 1899

Description
The posed photograph is part of an album created as a gift for the manager of the Great Britain tin mine, which operated from 1872 until 1921.

Date
c. 1899

Type
Published photograph

Creator
Kirk, Robert Newby

Control
p.13

Source
Wilton, Janis, Golden Threads: The Chinese in Regional New South Wales 1850-1950, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW, 2004. Details

Original photograph held in private collection
Title
An unidentified Chinese miner testing wash for tin, Great Britain Mine, Emmaville, 1899

Description
This photograph was one of twelve taken by photographer and mining agent, Robert Newby Kirk who was the Sydney representative for the Great Britain Mining Company. It was presented to the mine’s manager, Sandy McGillivray, following Kirk’s visit to Emmaville. By 1899 tin mining in the Emmaville district had passed its peak and the number of Chinese had dropped from around 1200 to 200. The posed photograph was a conscious commemoration of the Chinese role in tin mining.

Date
1899

Type
catalogue record + digital image

Source
'Gold and tin', in Golden Threads Exhibition website, http://hosting.collectionsaustralia.net/goldenthreads/exhibition/goldtin.asp. Details