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On Hie

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    [Kong Meng's Building, corner of Little Bourke Street and Celestial Avenue], 1934, by Moir, John Kinmont (1893-1958), courtesy of State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection.
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    Wedding of Susie Coon Toe (Lew Boar) and Hon Louey., courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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Little Bourke St, Victoria, Australia
Summary

A photograph of On Hie's premises in Little Bourke Street shows on the door of the business that the character for ‘On’ is the ‘an’ the character for 'peace'.

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Published Resources

Theses

  • Blake, Alison, 'Melbourne's Chinatown: The evolution of an inner ethnic quarter', BA (hons) Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Melbourne, 1975. Details
  • Couchman, Sophie, 'Tong Yun Gai (Street of the Chinese): Investigating patterns of work and social life in Melbourne's Chinatown 1900-1920', MA thesis, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, 2001. Details

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Images

Title
Kong Meng's building at 210 Little Bourke Street
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1934
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Little Bourke Street
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Title
Wedding photograph of Susie Coon Toe (Lew Boar) and Hon Louey and party
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne?
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