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Photograph

Title
Pine Creek Chinatown
Description

Two women, a girl and a black dog are seen walking along the main street from behind. Small flags are hanging in front of some of the buildings.

Date
1911
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Pine Creek
Interpretive description

According to both index lists of photographs for the Kirkbride collection held at the State Library of Victoria this photograph was one of a group of twenty photographs taken taken at Pine Creek. The National Library of Australia print of this (credited as from the Barclay Expedition photographs) also indicates it was taken at Pine Creek. Although other versions of this photograph describe it as Darwin, the Kirkbride collection is believed to be correct. The photographs match descriptions of Pine Creek's Chinese settlement as separate to the white area and it also does not match known views of Darwin at this time.

External Url
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23478162

Versions

  1. Click to view this catalogue record + digital image
    Title
    [Two women and a girl, all wearing hats, walking along a road with houses and flags] [picture] : [Darwin, Northern Territory] / [Frank Hurley].
    Date
    c. 1910 - c. 1962
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    1 negative : glass ; half of full plate. Part of the Hurley negative collection. Condition: silvering. Hurley no.: 134. Darwin trip with Francis Birtles? Two images on I glass neg: see PIC FH/604. Hurley series: Darwin, Northern Territory.
    Creator
    Hurley, Frank (1885-1962)
    Control
    PIC PIC FH/605 LOC Cold store PIC HURL 35/8 *
    Source

    Hurley negative collection, http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11546686; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details

  2. Print
    Title
    Pine Creek 1911 Barclay (H.V.) Expedition
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Typed caption on back of print: 'A street scene in Darwin's Chinatown, photographed in 1911. Australian News and Information Bureau photograph. Historical - scenes (P58/881) L27120'
    Control
    L27120
    Source

    Australian Information Service collection; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinatown, Pine Creek
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    cover
    Source

    O'Neil, Allan, 'More cooperation and less conflict: Chinese-European relationships in the Northern Territory', Journal of Northern Territory History, no. 16, 2005, pp. 79-88. Details

    Reproduced from Kirkbride Album, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria

  4. Print
    Title
    [Chinatown Street scene]
    Description

    State Library inventory caption: 'Two Chinatown Street scenes'. Inside album cover list caption: 'do. [Pine Creek] Two Chinatown Street scenes'.

    Date
    c. 1910 - c. 1920
    Type
    Print
    Control
    Contact print: plastic sleeve 18, Original: page 23, number 134b
    Source

    Charles Kirkbride collection of photographs, c. 1900 - c. 1920, H27744 (contact prints of images at LTAEF 8 NEW); State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by State Library of Victoria
  5. Published photograph
    Title
    Darwin's Chinatown, 1911
    Date
    1911
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.61
    Source

    Cannon, Michael, Australia: A History of Photographs, Curry O'Neil Ross Pty Ltd, South Yarra, Melbourne, 1983. Details

    Original source: Australian Information Service

  6. Negative
    Title
    Part of Dawin's Chinatown, photographed by the Barclay Expedition to the NT in 1911 [photographic image]
    Date
    1958
    Type
    Negative
    Form
    1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate.
    Control
    L27120, barcode 11305963
    Source

    A1200 Photographic negatives and prints, single number series with 'L' [Library] prefix, A1200; Department of Information, Central Office/Australian News and Information Bureau; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

See also

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Main street, Pine Creek
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Title
Two unidentified women and a girl walk around Pine Creek
Note
Appears to have been created during same visit to Pine Creek.
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Title
Unidentified woman examining burlap on a dwelling in Chinatown
Note
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Title
Unidentified woman standing in the doorway of a dwelling
Note
Appears to have been created during same visit to Pine Creek.
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Created: 26 August 2004, Last modified: 9 June 2009