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Photograph

Title
George Young (En Young Fun) and family
Description

From right: Harry (?), Mrs Young with Frank on her lap, Clara (standing at back), May (seated on floor), George Young, Willie (?) and Lily.

Date
31 March 1900
Place
Australia - Victoria - Eaglehawk
Interpretive description

In a statement made in Clara Young's immigration file (NAA(Vic), B13/0, 1917/3260) Harry Arthur Lay states that he took this photograph and that the account for the photograph (possibly multiple copies) which came to £40.

Versions

  1. Print
    Title
    Prosperous Chinese miner, En Young Fun and his family.
    Type
    Print
    Form
    photocopy
    Control
    P00650
    Source

    P Series general picture collection, P series; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

    Reproduced from K. Cronin, Colonial Casualties, p29.

  2. Published photograph
    Title
    Prosperous Chinese miner, En Young Fun and his family
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.29
    Source

    Cronin, Kathryn, Colonial Casualties: Chinese in Early Victoria, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1982. Details

  3. Print
    Date
    1900
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Original print held with immigration file relating to Clara Young.
    Creator
    Lay, Harry Arthur
    Control
    B13/0, 17/3260
    Source

    B13/0 General and classified correspondence, annual single number series, c. 7 January 1901 - , B13/0; Collector of Customs, Melbourne (Victoria); National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office. Details

  4. Published photograph
    Title
    Prosperous Chinese Miner
    Date
    c. 31 March 1900
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    Published photograph in newspaper. Caption: 'PROSPEROUS CHINESE MINER. En Young Fun (English name, George Young) came to Australia in 1857. After many diggings ups and downs he settled in Eaglehawk, and commenced and still continues the treatment of tailings successfully. His elder brother having died six months ago, he returns, at his father's request, to China to manage the family property. He is highly respected in Eaglehawk district for his uprightness and integrity. His family consists of Clara (11 years), Willie (9), Harry (7), May (5), Lily (3), and Frank (13 months).'
    Source

    'Prosperous Chinese miner [photograph]', Australasian, 31 March 1900, p. 703. Details

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Created: 10 October 2003, Last modified: 9 November 2005