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    Bertha Whay, 1920s - 1930s, courtesy of R. Ansell (private hands).
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    Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW, April 1897, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales - Mitchell Library.
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    Alma Quon and her Joy Belles. Circa 1955: Dawn Smith, Molly Worrall, Gladys Torrens, Alma Quon, Valma Frecker, Moya Brown, Lotte Rehn, Gay Funston, Lorna Quon., c. 1955, by Unknown creator (see disclaimer), courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Funeral, 1920s, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.
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    Colin Raymond Goon, around 12-15 years with a ukulele, courtesy of F. Anderson (private hands).
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    Chinese Dancing Group - Hula Skirts. ca. 1936-37, c. 1936 - c. 1937, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Dorothy Chinn and Mrs Amy Moo Tong Young playing Chinese instruments, courtesy of Copy print created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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    Musicians from the Kong Chew Society, Melbourne, 1960s, by Unknown creator (see disclaimer), courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Portrait of three Chinese gardeners from Irvinebank, Queensland, 1908, 10 July 1908, by Milne, George, courtesy of State Library of Queensland - John Oxley.
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Published Resources

Books

  • Wang, Zheng-Ting, Chinese Music in Australia - Victoria: 1850s to Mid-1990s, Australia Asia Foundation, Melbourne, 1997. Details

Journal Articles

  • Wang, Zheng-Ting & Doggett, Anne, 'Chinese music on the Victorian goldfields', Victorian Historical Journal, vol. 78, no. 2, November, pp. 170-186. Details

Theses

  • Wang, Zheng-Ting, 'A history of Chinese music in Victoria', MA thesis, Department of Music, Monash University, 1995. Details

See also

  • '[unidentified article]', Australasian Post, 23 October 1947. Details
  • The Chinn Family and the Oriental Orchestra: A new stream of Chinese music, http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/5/1/public/chinn_family.htm. Details
  • Wang, Zheng-ting, 'Chinese music during the Goldrush period in Victoria, 1851-1870', in Kee Pookong, Ho Chooi-hon, Paul Macgregor & Gary Presland (ed.), Chinese in Oceania, Association for the Study of the Chinese and their Descendants in Australasia and the Pacific Islands; Chinese Museum; Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies, Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, 2002, pp. 52-57. Details
  • Williams, Jennifer (ed.), Listen to What They Say: An Oral History of Beechworth in the Twentieth Century, Robert O'Hara Burke Memorial Museum, Beechworth, 2002. Details

Images

Title
Bertha Whay
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s - 1930s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Maryborough
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Chinese procession at Sports Agricultural Grounds - Sydney, NSW
Type
Photograph
Date
April 1897
Place
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
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See also

Title
Alma Quon and her Joy Belles
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1955
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne?
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Title
Chinese procession with banners, lion and firecrackers
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Title
Colin Raymond Goon, around 12-15 years with a ukulele
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria
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Title
Dancing group in hula skirts
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1936 - c. 1937
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Dorothy Chinn and Mrs Amy Moo Tong Young playing Chinese instruments
Type
Photograph
Control
N45-152
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Title
Mr Joshua Cheong, organist
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 2 September 1899
Place
Australia - Victoria
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Musicians from the Kong Chew Society, Melbourne
Type
Photograph
Date
1960s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Three unidentified Chinese gardeners with musical instruments from Irvinebank, Queensland, 1908
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 10 July 1908
Place
Australia - Queensland - Irvinebank
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Unemployed men on verandah of Government Offices
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1930 - c. 1931
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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Created: 18 March 2004, Last modified: 19 July 2005