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    Mr. Ah Hong, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.

Title
Ah Hong with unidentified child posed with pile of potatoes
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Alice Springs?

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    Title
    Mr. Ah Hong
    Description

    Mr. Ah Hong, Chinese cook on the Overland Telegraph Line. Taken in front of his garden where Woolworths is now (1985). Later he moved to where the Alice Springs Memorial Club is now. He died aged 102 years. He owned an eating house, had a vegetable garden, fowls and goats.

    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    03\03858, PH0057/0131
    Source

    John Blakeman collection, 0057; Northern Territory Library

  2. Published photograph
    Title
    Ah Hong with young friend
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.40.
    Source

    Yee, Glenice, Through Chinese Eyes: The Chinese Experience in the Northern Territory 1874-2004, Glenice Yee, PO Box 2365, Parap, NT, 2006. [ Details... ]

    Original source: Olive Veverbrants collection

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