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    Shops, Chinatown, Cavenagh Street, Darwin, 1915, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.

Title
Cavenagh Street
Description

Shows Pak Poy's and Man Fong Lau. There is a white water tank out the front of Man Fong Lau's and a man carrying goods using a shoulder pole.

Date
c. 1912 - c. 1915
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Cavenagh Street
Interpretive description

The inclusion of this photograph in the Kirkbride collection at the State Library of Victoria suggests that it may have been taken by James Pinkerton Campbell in 1912 during a Federal parliamentary visit.

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    Title
    Shops, Chinatown, Cavenagh Street, Darwin
    Description

    Shops in Chinatown, Cavenagh Street, Darwin. Man Fong Lau is double storey building, Pak Poy's single storey building beyond. These buildings were located in Cavenagh Street east of Bennett Street.

    Date
    1915
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    black and white photograph
    Control
    07/07271, PH0107/0226
    Source

    Northern Territory Government Photographer collection, 0107; Northern Territory Library

  2. Print
    Title
    [China Street, Darwin]
    Description

    State Library inventory caption: 'China Street Darwin'. Inside album cover list caption: 'China Street, Darwin'.

    Date
    c. 1910 - c. 1920
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Handwritten title above print: 'China Street - Darwin'
    Control
    Contact print: plastic sleeve 75, Original: page 65, number 22
    Source

    Charles Kirkbride collection of photographs, c. 1900 - c. 1920, H27744 (contact prints of images at LTAEF 8 NEW); State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by State Library of Victoria
  3. Negative
    Title
    A street scene in Darwin, photographed by the Barclay Expedition to the NT in 1911 [photographic image]
    Date
    1958
    Type
    Negative
    Form
    1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate.
    Control
    L27104, barcode 11657575
    Source

    A1200 Photographic negatives and prints, single number series with 'L' [Library] prefix, A1200; Department of Information, Central Office/Australian News and Information Bureau; National Archives of Australia, National Office

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