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    Vice regal group, 1905, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.

Title
Gathering at the Residency
Description

Back row L-R: Oscar (or Lloyd) Herbert (son), Lady Le Hunt [or Hunte], Sir George Le Hunt [or Le Hunte], Aide de Camp, Mrs Anna Herbert, Mr Justice Herbert. Middle row L-R: Chin Mee Leung of Wing Cheong Sing, Chin Pak Mow of Yam Yan, ? (obscured), Fing [or Fong] How of Wing Wah Loong. Front row L-R: Chin Kim Kee of Chin Leong [Leung] Hen, Charlie Yee of Kwong Lee Cheong, Bang Ben of Cheong Woo [Wo], Yuen Yet [or Let] Hing of Yet Loong, Chin Toy (Chin Gong's father) of Fang [Fong] Cheong Loong. Photograph taken at the Esplanade, Palmerston, Port Darwin.

Date
1905
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Esplanade
Interpretive description

It is uncertain whether Oscar or Lloyd Herbert is shown in the photograph. Anna Herbert has been incorrectly identified in some copies of this image.

External Url
http://www.territorystories.nt.gov.au/handle/10070/11457

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  1. Click to view this catalogue record + digital image
    Title
    Vice regal group
    Description

    Vice regal visit to the Northern Territory about 1905 Gathering at Residence of Chinese merchants Back row L-R: Lloyd Herbert, Mrs Herbert, Sir George Le Hunt, Aide de Camp, Lady Le Hunt, Mr Justice Herbert. Middle row L-R: CHIN MEE LEUNG of Wing Cheong Sing, CHIN PAT MOW of Yam Yan, ? (obscured), FING HOW of Wing Wah Loong. Front row L-R: CHIN KIM KEE of Chin Leong Hen, CHARLIE YEE of Kwong Lee Cheong, BANG BEN of Cheong Woo, YUEN YET HING of Yet Loong, CHIN TOY of Fang Cheong Loong. Location: Esplanade Palmerston Port Darwin

    Date
    1905
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    00\00200, PH0002/0164
    Source

    Roger Nott collection, c. 1869 - c. 1938, 0002; Northern Territory Library. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the Northern Territory Library.
  2. Print
    Title
    Gathering at the Residency
    Description

    'Sir George Le Hunt (aid de campe) Lady Le Hunt Mr Justice Herbert, wife and son and Chinese Merchants.

    Type
    Print
    Form
    Copyprint
    Control
    PL696/14
    Source

    Compactus collection; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details

    Copy made from print held by the Darwin Public Library, B61/3/6 (now Northern Territory Library)

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Gathering of Chinese merchants at The Residency during the Vice Regal visit to the Northern Territory in 1905.
    Description

    Back row, left to right: Oscar and Mrs Herbert, Sir George Le Hunt, his aide de Camp, Lady Le Hunt, Mr Justice Herbert. Middle row: Chin Mee Leung of Wing Cheong Sing, Chin Pat Mow of Yam Yan, ? (obscured), Fong How of Wing Wah Loong. Front row: Chin Kim Kee of Chin Leong Hen, Charles Yee of Kwong Lee Cheong, Bang Ben of Cheong Woo, Yuen Yet Hing of Yet Loong, Chin Toy of Fang Chong Loong.

    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    pp.18-19
    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

    Reproduced from Northern Territory Library Service PH0002/0164, Roger Nott Collection

  4. Published photograph
    Title
    Anna Herbert (second from right, top row) served the Territory as first lady from 1905-1910
    Description

    With her husband Charles she hosted many official receptions at government house, such as this one, at which the prominent Chinese businessmen of
    Darwin met the South Australian governor, George Hunt, and his wife. Anna took an active part in many aspects of Territory life and was living with her two sons on Koolpinyah station when Darwin was bombed in 1942.

    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.62
    Source

    James, Barbara, No Man's Land: Women of the Northern Territory, Collins Publishers Australia, Australia, 1989. Details

    Original photograph held by the Northern Territory State Reference Library.

  5. Print
    Title
    Gathering at the Residency - Vice Regal visit to Northern Territory about 1905?
    Description

    At back: Oscar (or Lloyd) Herbert (son), Mrs Herbert, Sir Geo Le Hunte, Aide de Camp, Lady Le Hunte, Mr Justice Herbert. In front, chinese merchants. From left rear: Chin Mee Leung of Wing Cheong Sing, Chin Pat Mow of Yam Yan, unknown, Fong How of Wing Wah Loong. Front: Chin Kim Kee of Chin Leung Hen, Charlie Yee of Kwong Lee Cheong, Bang Ben of Cheong Woo, Yun Let Hing of Yet Leong, Chin Toy (Chin Gong's father of Fong cheong Loong).

    Date
    c. 1905
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Photographic print.
    Control
    Photo No 6
    Source

    NTRS 1425 Copyprints of Darwin, Pine Creek and various Northern Territory locations and identities ca1884-ca1884, c. 1884 - , NTRS 1425; Unknown; Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details

  6. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese merchants at the Residency, Darwin, in 1905: gathering to meet the Governor of South Australia, Sir George Le Hunte (centre rear)
    Date
    1905
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.140
    Source

    Powell, Alan, Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory, 4th edition edn, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Vic, 2000. Details

    Original photograph held by the National Library of Australia.

  7. Published photograph
    Title
    The importance of Chinese businessmen and merchants was illustrated when the town's notables met visiting dignitaries. This was the case in 1905 when South Australia's governor, Sir George Le Hunte, visited Palmerston.
    Date
    c. 1910
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    Caption continued: The Chinese met him, along with European businessmen, as representatives of the community
    Control
    p.108
    Source

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

    Reproduced from an original held in the Roger Nott Collection, Northern Territory Library, PH0002/0164

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Created: 25 July 2004, Last modified: 19 January 2008