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Photograph

Title
Unidentified elderly Chinese man with bamboo pole carrying wood
Description

He wears dark Chinese tunic and pants, a Chinese-style hat and no shoes.

Date
c. 1915
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)

Versions

  1. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese timber merchant, Darwin. Date unknown
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.15
    Source

    Dimond, Glenys (ed.), Sweet and Sour: Experiences of Chinese Families in the Northern Territory, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 1996. Details

    Original held MAGNT Timothy Jones Collection

  2. Print
    Title
    'Chinese Timber merchant Darwin N.T.' or 'Chinese Firewood Merchant Darwin'
    Date
    c. 1915
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Handwritten along bottom: 'Chinese firewood merchant'. Caption on text (in reverse): 'Chinese Timber merchant Darwin N.T.'. Handwritten on back: '1915'.
    Control
    250 (Chinese, Malays and Javanese in Darwin, 1915)
    Source

    Papers of E.D.W.S. Donnison, with photographs and newscuttings connected with her son Laurence Donnison, 1870 - 1964, ML MSS 890/3; State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library. Details

  3. Print
    Title
    Chinese Timber Merchant, Darwin NT
    Date
    c. 1915
    Type
    Print
    Control
    CP 200
    Source

    Timothy G. Jones Personal photographs of Arltunga, Brocks Creek, Maranboy and Chinese activities in Darwin, 1879-1959, 1879 - 1959, NTRS 234; Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details

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Created: 24 February 2004, Last modified: 8 June 2009