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    Chinese wood-carter with buffalo, Darwin, 1873 - 1911, by Foelsche, P. (Paul), 1831-1914, courtesy of National Library of Australia - Picture collection.

Title
Chinese wood-carter with buffalo, Darwin
Description

Wood-carter is walking along a dirt road. He wears Chinese style dress and holds a short cane in his hand.

Date
1890s - 1905
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Interpretive description

Foelsche attribution as creator is uncertain because is a published photograph rather than a photographic print in the original album. The photograph published in Searcy is less cropped than the copy held by the National Library of Australia.

External Url
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11360266-20

Versions

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    Title
    Chinese wood-carter with buffalo, Darwin
    Date
    1873 - 1911
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    b&w postcard
    Creator
    Foelsche, P. (Paul), 1831-1914
    Control
    PIC P827/1-127 LOC Album 914/1&2*
    Source

    Collection of photographs of Darwin and the Northern Territory 1873-1911 (Foelsche), http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11360266; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Australia.
  2. Published photograph
    Title
    A Chinese wood carter with buffaloes
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.113
    Source

    Reynolds, Henry, North of Capricorn: The Untold Story of Australia's North, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2003. Details

    Reproduced from copy held at the Northern Territory library

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese woodcarter Port Darwin
    Date
    - c. 1905
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    Full caption: 'Chinese woodcarter Port Darwin. Indian buffaloes imported for ghee (clarified butter) making, dissimilar to local buffaloes introduced from Timor'.
    Control
    p.76 (fascimile edition published by Northern Territory Department of Education, Darwin, 1984)
    Source

    Searcy, Alfred, In Northern Seas: Being Mr Alfred Searcy's Experiences on the North Coast of Australia as Recounted to E. Whitington, W.K. Thomas, Adelaide, 1905. Details

    No information about source of photograph

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    Title
    Buffalo Cart
    Description

    Two water buffalo harnessed to cart loaded with wood tended by man.

    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    42\42266, PH0560/0013
    Source

    Marie & Lindsay Perry collection, 1890s - 1900s, 0560; Northern Territory Library. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the Northern Territory Library.

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Created: 21 May 2003, Last modified: 13 April 2007