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    Darwin gentlemen, c. 1910, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.

Title
Businessmen with visiting dignitaries, Darwin or Pine Creek (perhaps on May Day)
Description

Top Row (left to right) C Hang Kim, P Kelsey, Bang Ben (of Cheong Wo), J M Cor (or J M Copp), Chin Pack Sue, W C P Bell (or W C D Bell), Yuen Ng Kan, F E Nicholl, Ah Sang, Chin Toy (of Fong Cheong Loong).
Bottom Row (left to right) C McKeddie, Fong How (of Wing Wah Loong), A Cameron, Chin Pat Mow (of Chin Yam Yan), V V Bronn, Yun Let Hing (of Yet Loong), E Luxton, Chin Mee Leung (of Wing Cheong Sing), P Allen

Date
c. 1910
Place
Australia - Northern Territory
Interpretive description

This photograph was probably taken in Darwin or Pine Creek. By comparing the Northern Territory Archives Service captions for this photograph and those for D002323 ('Gathering at the Residency', NTRS 1425, No.6) it is possible to determine which people worked in which business. Many individuals in this photograph have been identified by their business' name. All prints located are copyprints.

External Url
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/33501

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  1. Click to view this catalogue record + digital image
    Title
    Darwin gentlemen
    Description

    Group of Darwin gentlemen. L-R back row: Kim, C Hang; Kelsey,P; Wo, Cheong; Corr, J M; Sue, Chin Pack; Bell, W C P;Kan Yuen Ng; Nicholl, F E; S?ng, Ah; Toy, Chin Front row: L-R McKeddie, G; Loong, Wing Wah; Cameron, A; Yan, Chin Yam; Brown, V V; Loong, Yet; Luxton, E; Sing, Wing Cheong; ?; Allen, P ?.

    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    33\33797, PH0391/0057
    Source

    Northern Outlook collection, 0391; Northern Territory Library. Details

  2. Print
    Title
    [untitled]
    Description

    Photograph - C Hang Kim, P Kelsey, Cheong Wo, J M Cor, Chin Pack Sue, W C P Bell, Yuen Ng Kan, F E Nicholl, Ah Sang, Chin Toy, C McKeddie, Wing Nah Loong, A Cameron, Chin Yam Yan, V V Bronn, Yet Loong, E Luxton, Wing Cheong Sing, P Allen

    Type
    Print
    Form
    Hand written text at bottom of print: 'Top Row (left to right) C Hang Kim, P Kelsey, Cheong Wo, J M Cor, Chin Pack Sue, W C P Bell, Yuen Ng Kan, F E Nicholl, Ah Sang, Chin Toy Bottom Row (left to right) C McKeddie, Wing Wah Loong, A Cameron, Chin Yam Yan, V V Bronn, Yet Loong, E Luxton, Wing Cheong Sing, P Allen
    Control
    CP 527
    Source

    Jessie Tamblyn Photographic copyprints of May Day in Darwin and Chinese merchants, NTRS 234, CP 527 and CP 528; Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details

  3. Print
    Title
    Photographs of Chinese inhabitants of Darwin including the Lungs, Hawks and Chins, 1889 (1989?)
    Date
    1889? - 1989?
    Type
    Print
    Control
    No 5
    Source

    NTRS 1079 Rev Shui Kwong Lo, Typescript, 'From my Darwin notebook', and photographs 1941-1989, 1941 - 1989, NTRS 1079; Lo, Shui Kwong (Rev); Northern Territory Archives Service, Darwin Branch. Details

  4. Published photograph
    Title
    A group of prominent Palmerston (Darwin) businessmen c.1900
    Description

    Back row, from left to right: C Hang Kim, P. Kelsey, Cheong Wo, J M Copp, Chin Pack Sue, W C D Bell, Yuen Ng Kan, F E Nicholl, Ah Sang and Chin Toy. Front row, left to right: G McKeddie, Wing Wah Loong, A Cameron, Chin Yam Yan, V V Brown, Yet Loong, E Luxton, Wing Cheong Sing and P C Allen.

    Date
    c. 1900
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.23
    Source

    Dimond, Glenys (ed.), Sweet and Sour: Experiences of Chinese Families in the Northern Territory, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 1996. Details

    Reproduced from Northern Territory Archives Service, NTRS 503, NG20/1

  5. Published photograph
    Title
    Businessmen with visiting dignitaries, Darwin or Pine Creek
    Date
    c. 1910
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.108
    Source

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

    Original source: Northern Territory Archives Service, NTRS 234/CP 527

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Created: 4 October 2004, Last modified: 8 June 2009