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Photograph

Title
Aerial view of Chinatown
Description

In addition to the rooftops and backyards of a number of properties, the Crown Hotel can be seen on the right hand side of the image and the frontages of a number of shops or residences.

Date
c. 1888
Place
Australia - Queensland - Cairns
Physical description

published photograph

Versions

  1. Print
    Title
    Chinatown Cairns, ca.1890
    Description

    Looking over a small part of Chinatown in Cairns, around 1890. The Crown Hotel is visible on the corner nearby.

    Date
    c. 1890
    Type
    Print
    Form
    copy print : b&w.
    Control
    9476; picqld-2002-11-25-15-15
    Source

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

  2. Print
    Title
    Aerial view of Chinatown
    Date
    c. 1888
    Type
    Print
    Form
    copyprint, no negative
    Source

    Images published in Cathy May's Topsawyers; James Cook University Archives. Details

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinatown, Cairns c.1888
    Date
    c. 1888
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    facing p.106, fig 3.11
    Source

    May, Cathie R., Topsawyers: The Chinese in Cairns, 1870-1920, James Cook University, History Department, Queensland, 1984. Details

  4. Published photograph
    Title
    Part of Chinatown, Cairns, c1890
    Date
    c. 1890
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.66
    Source

    Reynolds, Henry, North of Capricorn: The Untold Story of Australia's North, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2003. Details

    Oxley Library

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