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    Group of people at the Court House in Croydon, Queensland, ca. 1905, c. 1905, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.

Title
Group of people at the Court House in Burketown, Queensland, ca. 1905
Date
c. 1894 - 1900
Place
Australia - Queensland - Croydon
Interpretive description

Group of Chinese workers who were arrested crossing the South Australia/Queensland border without permission. They were escorted by police to Croydon. Here they were fed under guard outside the Croydon Court House. They were arraigned to Normanton for trial. There were 25 people in total. (Original photograph one of four featured in the Queenslander, 27 October 1900, p. 876)

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http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/143845

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    Title
    Group of people at the Court House in Croydon, Queensland, ca. 1905
    Description

    Group of workers sitting and eating in the grounds of the Court House at Croydon while officers look on.

    Date
    c. 1905
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    copy print : b&w
    Control
    84-6-2; 44909; picqld-2003-01-08-11-26
    Source

    Miscellaneous collections; State Library of Queensland - John Oxley. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Queensland.
  2. Print
    Title
    Prisoners and guards at Croydon
    Description

    Prisoners taken to Normanton with Cum Jam 1894

    Date
    c. 1894
    Type
    Print
    Control
    P3592, A2666, 82/21 d
    Source

    Len Rice collection; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Victoria
  3. Published photograph
    Title
    After which "John" is quite ready for breakfast
    Date
    1900
    Type
    Published photograph
    Creator
    A. Chargois
    Control
    p.876
    Source

    'How John Chinaman slips into Queensland', Queenslander, 27 October, pp. 875-876. Details

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