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Photograph

Title
Chinese Students' Club
Date
1893 - 1933
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Interpretive description

Dates of photograph based on operation dates of Talma studios at 119 Swanston St, Melbourne. Clothing suggests the photograph was taken some time in the 1890s or 1900-1910s. None of the men wear queue which were no long compulsary in China after 1911.

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  1. Print
    Title
    Chinese Students' Club
    Description

    Seven students of varying ages posed in suits in a studio with painted backdrop. They hold banner with five horizonal stipes that reads in Chinese and English: 'Chinese Student's [sic] Club'. The student in the light suit on the far left has a badge on his lapel that appears to be a Ballarat High School badge.

    Type
    Print
    Creator
    Talma, 119 Swanston St, Melbourne and Sydney
    Source

    Unidentified collection of portraits; F. Anderson (private hands). Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by F.Anderson c/- CHIA.

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