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Photograph

Title
Loong Fung Chin family
Date
c. 1902 - c. 1906
Place
Australia - Northern Territory?
Interpretive description

Note that captions identifying the individuals in this photograph differ. The photograph is dated 1902 from the information provided on the National Library of Australia copy of this photograph. According to the caption Chin Loong Fung was aged 89 in 1976 when he died and he is estimated to be roughly 15 years old in this photograph.

Versions

  1. Print
    Title
    Chinese family, Loong Fung Chin
    Description

    Left to right, back to front: Chin Loong Kang [?], Chin Took Fung, Chin Loong Sing, Chin Yet Chow, Chin Loong Fung, Chin Loong Teng, Chin Loong Dep, Chin Gook Lan, Chin Loong Bing, Chin Mei Liang, Chin Loong Jong, Chin Loong Pon, Chin Moy Goor, Chin Loong Tang.

    Type
    Print
    Form
    Accompanying the photograph is information about the individuals in the portrait. They appear to have been numbered in order of seniority. Chin Mei Liang (the older man in the centre) is numbered one. Chin Loong Jong on his right is two, Chin Loong Bing on his left is three, Chin loong Pon on his right again is four and Chin Gook Lan is five. Individuals from left to right directly behind are numbered six to nine and the back row left to right ten to twelve. The two children at the front are thirteen and fourteen.
    Source

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

  2. Published photograph
    Description

    Left to right: 4th row, Loong Gang, Dock Fond, Jang Gou. 3rd row, Sui Kee, Loong Dep, Loong Fon, Loong Tong, Loong Pon, Loon Tang. 2nd row, Loong Bing, Chin Mee Leung, Loong Jong. 1st row, Sui Moy, Loong Pak.

    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.11
    Source

    Yee, Glenice, Through Chinese Eyes: The Chinese Experience in the Northern Territory 1874-2004, Glenice Yee, PO Box 2365, Parap, NT, 2006. Details

    Photograph published courtesy of Daryl Chin collection

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese women, although greatly outnumbered by Chinese men for most of Darwin's pre-war history, played a vital role in the development of the Top End.
    Description

    In the early years they established the large families that became an integral part of Darwin's cosmopolitan character. This picture, taken in about 1906, shows one young girl (far left) in traditional Chinese costume and with bound feet along with the male members of her family, forebears of many current Darwin families including Chin, Chan, Tang, Moy and Ho.

    Date
    c. 1906
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.65
    Source

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

    Photograph published courtesy of Ernie Chin

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