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Wing Cheong Sing (business)

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    Vice regal group, 1905, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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    Men, c. 1910 - c. 1920, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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Darwin, Northern Territory
Summary

Wing Cheong Sing was a tailor and draper's business located in Darwin's Chinatown, Northern Territory. A photograph caption suggests it was probably operated by the Chin clan (Loong Fung Chin). Another caption suggests Chin Mee Leung managed it at least c1905.

The business' name is also mentioned in a poem written by Ernestine Hill about Darwin in The Great Australian Loneliness.

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Published Resources

Books

  • Hill, Ernestine, The Great Australian Loneliness, Imprint Travel edition edn, Angus and Robertson, North Ryde, NSW, 1991 (1940). Details

See also

  • Stone, Shane and Steele, Roger, 'Progress of the Chinese community of the Northern Territory', Northern Perspective, vol. 18, no. 1, 1995, pp. 28-37. Details

Images

Title
Bennett Street showing Wing Cheong Sing
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Bennett Street
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Title
Bennett Streetscape showing tailors, Wing Cheong Sing
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1901 - c. 1904
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Bennett Street
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See also

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?
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Title
Unidentified Residency gathering
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1910 - c. 1920
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Unidentified Residency gathering 2
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1910 - c. 1920
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Stone, Shane and Steele, Roger, 'Progress of the Chinese community of the Northern Territory', Northern Perspective, vol. 18, no. 1, 1995, pp. 28-37; Based on information in portrait of Loong Fung Chin family and photograph of Chinatown streetscape.