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    Young Chinese League sports team, c. 1947, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).

Title
Young Chinese League sports team
Description

Back row (left to right): Jack Lee Ack, Robert Kwong, Russell Youie, Norman Chong (from Bairnsdale), Oscar Kwong (who was the middle brother of Dorothy Chan), Len Quon. Middle row (left to right): Harold Chin (from Darwin), Frank Chinn, Dennis Quon, Charles Quon (Junior), Geoff Chong, Earl Gooey. Seated (left to right): Edward 'Fongie' Gooey, Norman Quon, Tom ('Tommy') Wing Young, George Dann, Alan Kuramato, Maurice Lee (from Queensland). The Young Chinese League banner is on the back wall. To the left is probably the Australian flag and the American flag (13 stripes) may be on the right. The photograph was probably taken at the club house of the Young Chinese League which was in Frank Chin's house on the site of the old Munster Arms Hotel building.

Date
c. 1947
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne

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  1. Click to view this print
    Title
    Young Chinese League sports team
    Description

    Back row (left to right): Jack Lee Ack, Robert Kwong, Russell Youie, Norman Chong (from Bairnsdale), Oscar Kwong (who was the middle brother of Dorothy Chan), Len Quon. Middle row (left to right): Harold Chin (from Darwin), Frank Chinn, Dennis Quon, Charles Quon (Junior), Geoff Chong, Earl Gooey. Seated (left to right): Edward 'Fongie' Gooey, Norman Quon, Tom ('Tommy') Wing Young, George Dann, Alan Kuramato, Maurice Lee (from Queensland). The Young Chinese League banner is on the back wall. To the left is probably the Australian flag and the American flag (13 stripes) may be on the right. The photograph was probably taken at the club house of the Young Chinese League which was in Frank Chin's house on the site of the old Munster Arms Hotel building.

    Date
    c. 1947
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Black and white photograph
    Control
    P00788 DQ017
    Source

    Daisy Quon collection, DQ; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the Chinese Museum
  2. Negative
    Type
    Negative
    Form
    4x5inch black and white negative
    Control
    DQ017 N45-077
    Source

    Negative collection (4x5 inch), N45; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

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Created: 12 February 2003, Last modified: 30 May 2009