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    Kwong Sue Duk with his three wives and fourteen children, Cairns, 1904, by Taylor, A. L., courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.

Title
Kwong Sue Duk with three of his wives and fourteen of his children, Cairns, 1904
Description

Kwong Sue Duk had four wives and twenty-four children.

Date
1904
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
Interpretive description

The copy of this photograph in the Northern Territory Library has been damaged and only half the family is not visable.

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    Title
    Kwong Sue Duk with his three wives and fourteen children, Cairns, 1904
    Description

    Kwong Sue Duk, a Chinese immigrant living in Cairns, photographed with his three wives and fourteen children in 1904. They are all dressed in traditional Chinese costume.

    Date
    1904
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    copy print : b&w
    Creator
    Taylor, A. L.
    Control
    10203; picqld-2003-02-20-15-15
    Source

    Miscellaneous collections; State Library of Queensland - John Oxley. Details

    Copied and digitised from an image appearing in The Queenslander, 21 May 1904, p. 25. Online exhibition: Child's Play - http://childsplay.slq.qld.gov.au

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the State Library of Queensland.
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    Title
    Kwong See Tek
    Description

    Kwong See Tek also known as Kwong Sue Duk, who built the stone houses in Cavenagh Street, with two of his four children [sic, wives]. One of his wives returned to China, but it is possible a fourth, and more children, were in the missing part of this damaged photograph.

    Date
    1890s
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    17\17538, PH0238/0478
    Source

    Peter Spillett collection, - 1980s, 0238; Northern Territory Library. Details

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