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    Chinese labourers loading bananas onto a steamer at Geraldton, Queensland, 1906, c. 1906, by Minkin, W., courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.

Title
Chinese labourers loading bananas onto a steamer at Geraldton (Innisfail) or Mouilyan, 1906
Description

Loading bananas from small boat to wharf or large ship.

Date
c. 1900 - c. 1906
Place
Australia - Queensland - Mouilyan
Interpretive description

Reynolds' copy is a more tightly cropped version than Oxley library copy. Uncertain whether photograph taken at Mouilyan or Innisfail.

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    Title
    Chinese labourers loading bananas onto a steamer at Geraldton, Queensland, 1906
    Description

    Chinese labourers loading bananas into a steamer from their punts at Geraldton (now Innisfail). (Description supplied with photograph). The photograph was taken by W. Minkin of Geraldton, and possibly appeared in the North Queensland Register on 7 May 1906.

    Date
    c. 1906
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Creator
    Minkin, W.
    Control
    147328, picqld-2003-01-28-16-57
    Source

    Miscellaneous collections; State Library of Queensland - John Oxley. Details

    Original source possibly North Queensland register, 7 May 1906.

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Queensland.
  2. Published photograph
    Title
    Loading bananas at Mourilyan, c1900
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    facing p.48
    Source

    May, Cathie R., Topsawyers: The Chinese in Cairns, 1870-1920, James Cook University, History Department, Queensland, 1984. Details

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Loading bananas onto a larger vessel - possibly a locally built junk - for transportation to Cairns
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.68
    Source

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

    Reproduced from a print held in Reynolds' private collection

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Created: 13 April 2004, Last modified: 1 November 2005