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    Portrait of Nell Nomchong, an early Braidwood settler, wearing her mother's wedding frock, 1877 [picture], c. 1877, courtesy of National Library of Australia - Picture collection.

Title
Dolly Nomchong wearing her mother's wedding dress
Date
1910?
Interpretive description

Based on the wristwatch, hair style and head dress the National Library of Australia date for this photograph of 1877 can not be correct. Ellis describes the photograph as being of Dolly not Nell. If the photograph was taken c1910 it is more likely to be of Dolly (Lucy 1894-1928) than Nell (Catherine 1901-1961). According to family historian James M Walters, Dolly and Nell's mother, Mary, came out from China in 1887 after marrying Chee Dock Nom Chong in Hong Kong in the same year.

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24084720

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  1. Click to view this catalogue record + digital image
    Title
    Portrait of Nell Nomchong, an early Braidwood settler, wearing her mother's wedding frock, 1877 [picture]
    Date
    c. 1877
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Form
    Title from caption on negative bag.; "Nell Nomchong in her mothers wedding frock - 1877. Early settler at Braidwood, N.S.W." --Caption on negative bag. Title from caption on negative bag.; "Nell Nomchong in her mothers wedding frock - 1877. Early settler at Braidwood, N.S.W." --Caption on negative bag.
    Control
    PIC PIC/7657 LOC Negative cabinet PIC/7657*
    Source

    Compactus collection; National Library of Australia - Picture collection. Details

    Rights
    Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Australia.
  2. Published photograph
    Title
    Mary Nomchong's wedding dress worn by her daughter, Dolly
    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    p.90
    Source

    Ellis, Netta, Briadwood, Dear Braidwood, N.N. and N.M. Ellis, Braidwood, NSW, 1989. Details

  3. Print
    Title
    Miss Nomchong of Braidwood
    Type
    Print
    Form
    Copy print. Handwritten noted: Dolly [crossed out] Nelly (Florence Lucy) [one type of handwritting], 'Miss Nomchong of Braidwood' [second type of handwritting], 'per courtesy Mrs howe nee Nomchong' [green ball point]
    Control
    P/97/31/344, O1997/344
    Source

    Braidwood Historical Society picture collection; Braidwood Historical Society. Details

    Original held by Mrs Howe nee Nomchong

  4. Published photograph
    Description

    Nelly Nomchong wearing one of the two very rare Chinese wedding gowns which are central exhibits in the Braidwood Museum. The portrait was taken in about 1900.

    Date
    c. 1900
    Type
    Published photograph
    Source

    McGowan, Barry (ed.), The Braidwood district's Chinese heritage, Braidwood and District Historical Society. Also available at http://www.braidwoodmuseum.org.au/Chinese.html. Details

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    Title
    Dolly Nomchong wearing her mother's wedding dress, about 1910?
    Description

    The wedding clothes are in the Nomchong collection in the Braidwood and District Museum.

    Date
    1910?
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    ID392
    Source

    Golden Threads, People and Collections Database, Golden Threads project, http://hosting.collectionsaustralia.net/goldenthreads/collections/. Details

    Original held in the Braidwood Museum

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Created: 1 June 2005, Last modified: 6 November 2007