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    Carcass, 1910s, courtesy of Northern Territory Library.

Title
Carcass hung in slaughterhouse and two Chinese workers
Date
c. 1909 - c. 1914
Place
Australia - Northern Territory - Pine Creek
Interpretive description

Photograph dated based on the years that Willam Charles Miller was in the Territory.

External Url
http://hdl.handle.net/10070/15367

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    Title
    Carcass
    Description

    Carcass hung slaughterhouse Pine Creek

    Date
    1910s
    Type
    catalogue record + digital image
    Control
    14\14410, PH0188/0008
    Source

    David R. Miller collection, c. 1910 - 1940s, 0188; Northern Territory Library. Details

  2. Published photograph
    Title
    A Chinese butcher in the Northern Territory.
    Description

    Although conditions look crude and would not be permitted today, the beasts were butchered for immediate local consumption and the meat was as healthy as and better flavoured than meat from modern abattoirs.

    Type
    Published photograph
    Control
    between pp.210-211
    Source

    Rolls, Eric, Citizens: Flowers and the Wide Sea; Continuing the Epic Story of China's Centuries-old Relationship with Australia, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Brisbane, 1996. Details

    State Library of the Northern Territory

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Created: 22 August 2006, Last modified: 4 September 2008