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Photograph

Title
Chinese lepers Clayton St. 1868
Description

Chinese lepers all sit in a row in western dress. Non-Chinese men, some in top hats stand behind and two non-Chinese men sit to the front of the Chinese on either side of a sign which reads: 'Vegetable Wonder'. The seated man on the right is Sgt. Larner.

Date
c. 1868
Place
Australia - Victoria - Ballarat - Clayton Street

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  1. Print
    Type
    Print
    Source

    Ballarat Historical Society

  2. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese lepers Clayton St. 1868
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    Published photograph. Fuller caption: 'A lazarette for Chinese lepers was set up in Clayton St. Ballarat East in the 1860s and continued for 20 years. Because of community fear of the disease, the Benevolent Asylum left food and clothing at the gate which was collected by an elderly one-legged compatriot who took it to the lepers. The photo is an early advertisement for Mr Hoyle's Pacific Vegetable Wonder. On the right is Sgt. Larner of the Ballarat East Police who in 1869 reported there were 1501 Chinese in Ballarat East including 550 miners, 266 shopkeepers, 150 gardeners, 120 carpenters, 250 gamblers and 100 theives.'
    Control
    p.57
    Source

    Reid, John & Chisholm, John, Ballarat Golden City: A Pictorial History, Joval Publications, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, 1989. Details

    Original source unknown

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Created: 24 May 2004, Last modified: 31 August 2009