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Photograph

Title
Procession (possibly Chinese New Year) in Darwin, c.1893
Date
c. 1893 - 1900s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Interpretive description

Other photographs in the Moyle collection date from the same period and this photograph is very similar to those. If the identification for http://www.chia.chinesemuseum.com.au/objects/D002976.htm is correct then this photograph was taken on the corner of Mitchell and Bennett Streets.

Versions

  1. print
    Title
    Procession
    Description

    A Chinese procession; shows parade passing what appears to be P R Allen & Co premises

    Date
    c. 1893
    Type
    print
    Creator
    Barnes, W.J.
    Control
    08\08401, PH0112/0093
    Source

    Moyle collection, 1890s - 1970s, 0112; Northern Territory Library. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the Northern Territory Library.
  2. Published photograph
    Title
    A Chinese procession in Darwin, c.1893
    Date
    c. 1893
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.119
    Source

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

    Northern Territory Library, PH0112/0093

  3. Print
    Title
    Chinese New Year celebration
    Description

    Chinese New Year celebrations proceeding along Mitchell Street, on their way to Government House (adjacent to P.R. Allen's store).

    Date
    c. 1893
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Copyprint
    Control
    1285
    Source

    NTRS 1854 Photographs of the Northern Territory 1860-1982, NTRS 1854; Historical Society of the Northern Territory; Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details

See also

Related Images

isRelated

Title
Unidentified procession from the corner of Mitchell and Bennett Streets in Darwin
Note
These two photographs have been taken of the same procession from roughly the same angle.
Details

Created: 4 October 2004, Last modified: 8 June 2009