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    Chinese gardens, c. 1901 - c. 1904, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.

Title
Market gardens and gardener's residence
Description

Shows a range of crops being grown with a series of wooden and stone fences. A number of buildings contructed from a range of materials can be seen.

Date
c. 1901 - c. 1904
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
Interpretive description

Dates based on Rev. Frederick Greenwood residence in Darwin 1901-1904.

External Url
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/10380

Versions

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    Title
    Chinese gardens
    Description

    Chinese gardens, probably near Doctor's Gully

    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    Typed caption: 'Chinaman's Gardens.'
    Control
    17\17537, PH0238/0477
    Source

    Peter Spillett collection, - 1980s, 0238; Northern Territory Library. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by Northern Territory Library
  2. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese market-gardens and houses in Darwin
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.114
    Source

    Powell, Alan, Far Country: A Short History of the Northern Territory, 4th edition edn, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Vic, 2000. Details

    Original held by the National Library of Australia

  3. Published photograph
    Title
    Chinese market gardens, Darwin, c1900
    Date
    c. 1900
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.8
    Source

    Giese, Diana, All the Flavour of the Time Returns', Using Oral History to Explore the Top End's Chinese Heritage, Occasional Papers, vol. 45, State Library of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 1994. Details

    Original source: Peter Spillett collection

  4. Negative
    Title
    Chinaman's Gardens Chinese Gardener's Residence
    Date
    1901 - 1904
    Type
    Negative
    Form
    1 b&w glass negative. Negative damaged. Typed caption on photograph in small red album.
    Control
    36, no. 122 in returned album, 11A/2 in small red album
    Source

    Collection of photographs of the Northern Territory (Greenwood/Gillstrom), c. 1901 - c. 1904, PIC P870/72 LOC Row 52/5; Greenwood, Rev Fred; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details

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Created: 20 July 2004, Last modified: 27 April 2006