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Photograph

Title
Unidentified children under a Chinese dragon in front of a house in Darwin.
Description

Children under a Chinese dragon in front of a house with a large corrogated iron verandah. There are roughly seven children under the dragon, with one controlling the head.

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

Versions

  1. Print
    Title
    Chinese Dragon, Cavenagh Street, Dasrwin NT
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Caption on negative: 'Chinese Dragon Cavenagh St Darwin N.T.'
    Control
    CP 198
    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

  2. Print
    Title
    'Chinese Dragon Cavenagh St Darwin N.T.'
    Date
    c. 1915
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Handwritten on back: '1915'
    Control
    254 (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

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