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Photograph

Title
Temple idol
Description

This is an image of one of the scultures of gods in the temple. He has a beard and holds a staff.

Date
c. 1 January 1936
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Interpretive description

Date of photograph based on date when it was published.

Versions

  1. Print
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Typed on back and crossed out: 'in Darwin -- now with his temple and all his fellow-josses smashed to atoms.'
    Control
    Darwin, N.T. - Churches and Chinese temples, ML 1549/70, PicAcc 3961
    Source

    Small Picture Collection, SPC; State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library. Details

  2. Published photograph
    Date
    c. 1 January 1936
    Type
    Published photograph
    Form
    Caption: 'IMPERIAL IN SCARLET AND GOLD AND PEACOCK FEATHERS, THIS JOSS GUIDES THE DESTINIES OF DARWIN'S CHINATOWN.'
    Control
    p.65
    Source

    'Our cameraman's walkabout', Walkabout, 1 January 1936. Details

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    A Joss in Darwin
    Date
    1 October 1942
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.7
    Source

    Hill, Ernestine, 'The Dragon doors of Pan Ku', Walkabout, vol. 8, no. 12, 1 October 1942, pp. 4-8. Details

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Created: 19 June 2006, Last modified: 9 May 2008