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Chinese festival, Darwin, 1922, courtesy of State Library of South Australia.
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Chinese Lion, by Litchfield, Jessie, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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The Chinese Dragon and procession, by Fletcher, Mrs, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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Funeral, 1920s, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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Chinese Lion Dance, - 1939, by Clancy, John, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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Mooomba Parade Melbourne Mid 50’s, c. 1955, courtesy of Chinese Museum.
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Statue, 1946, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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Statue, - 1959, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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Two unidentified women posed with Chinese lion statue, courtesy of M. Mar (private hands).
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Chinese Procession, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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Published Resources

Newspaper Articles

'Y.C.L Dragon at Moomba', The Sun, 13 March 1956, p. 25. [ Details... ]
'Y.C.L. Dragon at Moomba', The Sun, 1 March 1958, p. 22. [ Details... ]
'Y.C.L. New Lion', The Sun, 5 October 1960, p. 2. [ Details... ]
'Y.C.L. dragon', The Sun, 13 March 1979, p. 3. [ Details... ]

See also

Holsworth, Carol, The Story of Yar Loong, Journal of Chinese Australia, October, http://131.172.16.7/jca/issue02/07Holsworth.html. [ Details... ]

Images

Title: Bringing the dragon (or lion?) out of a Chinese temple at New Years Festival
Type: Photograph
Date: 1922
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston); Details

Title: Chinese dragon procession for Melbourne charity event
Type: Photograph
Date: c. 5 May 1900
Place: Australia - Victoria - Melbourne; Details

Title: Chinese lion outside Woods Street temple
Type: Photograph
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Woods Street; Details

Title: Chinese lion/dragon with procession
Type: Photograph
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston); Details

Title: Chinese procession with banners, lion and firecrackers
Type: Photograph
Date: 1920s
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston); Details

Title: Dragon walking along major Melbourne street (Swanston Street?)
Type: Photograph
Date: 1901
Place: Australia - Victoria - Melbourne; Details

Title: Dragon with unidentified man looking on
Type: Photograph
Date: c. 1936 - c. 1958
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)?; Details

Title: Lion dancer in procession
Type: Photograph
Date: - 1939
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street; Details

Title: Lion with white legs and man holding the tail
Type: Photograph
Date: c. 1928 - c. 1931
Place: Australia - Northern Territory; Details

Title: Mooomba Parade, Melbourne in the mid 1950’s
Type: Photograph
Date: c. 1955
Place: Australia - Victoria - Melbourne; Details

Title: Stone lion
Type: Photograph
Date: c. 1946
Place: Australia - Northern Territory; Details

Title: Three unidentified men standing with stone lion
Type: Photograph
Date: - 1959
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Brock's Creek - Burnside Station; Details

Title: Two servicemen examining stone lions outside a temple
Type: Photograph
Date: c. 1939 - c. 1945
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Brock's Creek; Details

Title: Two unidentified women posed with Chinese lion statue
Type: Photograph; Details

Title: Unidentified man examining processional lion
Type: Photograph
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston); Details

Title: Unidentified man teasing a lion dancer
Type: Photograph
Place: Australia - Northern Territory; Details

Title: View of lion in procession from above
Type: Photograph
Place: Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street; Details

Created: 9 August 2006