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Compactus collection

Collection Title
Compactus collection
Repository
National Library of Australia - Picture collection
Description

Items held in the compactus under 'Chinese in Australia' in the in the Picture Collection of the National Library of Australia collection, which do not appear to belong to any wider collection. Some are copy prints that were made from originals that were then returned to the unknown donor. The collection includes both photographs and illustrations.

Related Archival Collections

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

Related Images

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Title
Chinese housing in Palmerston (Darwin)
Type
Photograph
Date
1870s - c. 1890
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Darwin streetscape
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1870 - c. 1890
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Dolly Nomchong wearing her mother's wedding dress
Type
Photograph
Date
1910?
Details
Title
Gathering at the Residency
Type
Photograph
Date
1905
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Esplanade
Details
Title
Loong Fung Chin family
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1902 - c. 1906
Place
Australia - Northern Territory?
Details
Title
Mah Buk infront of Darwin bronze fretted temple doors
Type
Photograph
Date
1 October 1942
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details
Title
Performers (operatic?)
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia?
Details
Title
Quong Tart (Tesla Studios)
Type
Photograph
Date
1890s - 1902?
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
Details
Title
'Sketches from the Queensland diggings'
Type
Illustration
Date
c. 22 January 1879
Place
Australia - Queensland
Details
Title
Two identified children
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1909 - c. 1914
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Pine Creek
Details
Title
Two unidentified travellers
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1 March 1911
Place
Australia - Northern Territory
Details
Title
Unidentified man posed in his garden
Type
Photograph
Date
1930s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory
Details
Title
View of Darwin with two men
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1879 - c. 1890
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Details

Prepared by: Sophie Couchman