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Photograph

Title
Robert Fun Yet in top hat
Description

Robert Fun Yet wears a dinner suit with bow tie and top hat. He holds an elaborately carved cane in his right hand and possibly a rolled cigarette in his left. His shoes and suit look very large suggesting they were borrowed. He poses against a blank studio background canvas and stands on a patterned carpet. He looks directly at the camera.

Date
- 1922
Place
Australia - Victoria - Creswick
Interpretive description

1922 date based on newspaper article that features photograph.

Versions

  1. Print
    Title
    Bobby the Chinaman. The last survivor of Chinese in Creswick
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Original postcard. Written on the back: 'Bobby the Chinaman. The last survivor of Chinese in Creswick'. Note that 'Jimmy' was originally written on the back of the postcard and was then crossed out and replaced with 'Bobby'. A sticker with 'BOBBY' has been placed on the bottom right hand corner of the postcard.
    Control
    'Chinese' folder
    Source

    'Chinese' file; Creswick Historical Museum. Details

  2. Published photograph
    Title
    Robert Fun Yet, a familiar figure in the Creswick district. He is probably the last survivor
    Date
    - 1922
    Type
    Published photograph
    Source

    'Robert Fun Yet, a familiar figure in the Creswick district. He is probably the last survivor [with photograph]', Sun [Victoria], 21 October 1922. Details

  3. Print
    Title
    Bobby the Chinaman, last survivor of Chinese in Creswick
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Postcard inscribed on verso [by Semmens?]: 'Bobby the Chinaman, last survivor of Chinese in Creswick'. No date, 14 x 9 cm.
    Control
    102/533
    Source

    E.J. Semmens collection, 76/33, 76/42, 77/42; University of Melbourne Archives. Details

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Created: 21 May 2004, Last modified: 8 June 2009