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    Buffalo, 1890s - 1911, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.

Title
Chinese wood-carters
Description

Chinese figure can not be seen, only his hat. There are three buffalo. Two leading the cart and one trailing behind.

Date
1890s - 1911
Place
Australia - Northern Territory
Interpretive description

Creator attribution may not be correct as the image is a newspaper clipping within the Foelshe collection. Handwritten note on back of Percy Brown print also suggests Brown is not the creator. Photographic postcards were not produced until at least the 1890s.

External Url
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/11427

Versions

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    Title
    Buffalo
    Description

    Chinese with two buffalo harnessed to a cart loaded with wood.

    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    Black and white copyprint
    Control
    17\17754, PH0238/0699
    Source

    Peter Spillett collection, - 1980s, 0238; Northern Territory Library. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the Northern Territory Library.
  2. Print
    Title
    Chinese carting wood
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Postcard. Title on print: 'Carting in Darwin N.T.'
    Control
    NL 32397, original postcard PIC/8895 LOC BOX PIC/8895
    Source

    Ferguson collection, 1860 - 1920?, PIC PIC/6411/1- LOC Box PIC/6411*; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details

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    Title
    Buffalo team
    Description

    A Chinese man leading two buffalo pulling a cart laden with timber logs. Another buffalo is tied to the rear of the cart.

    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    Black and white photographic postcard. Caption on print: 'Carting in Darwin N.T.'. Handwritten caption on back: 'Dear Doris/ Just a line or two. Am sending a card. Don't laugh at it. There's nothing any better here. Hope you all have happy Birthdays. I may be home for mine. Nice solid weather down there I expect. Ta-ta for today./ from Perce'.
    Creator
    Brown, Percy
    Control
    13\13116, PH0155/0142
    Source

    Percy Brown collection, c. 1919 - , 0155; Northern Territory Library. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the Northern Territory Library.
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    Title
    Chinese wood-carters
    Date
    1873 - 1911
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    newspaper copy of photograph. Caption: '2'.
    Creator
    Foelsche, P. (Paul), 1831-1914
    Control
    nla.pic-an11360266-21, 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.
  5. Published photograph
    Title
    By buffalo cart, Darwin, c.1910
    Date
    c. 1910
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.12
    Source

    Giese, Diana, All the Flavour of the Time Returns', Using Oral History to Explore the Top End's Chinese Heritage, Occasional Papers, vol. 45, State Library of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 1994. Details

    Original source: Percy Brown collection

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Created: 21 May 2003, Last modified: 12 January 2007