Kira Brown, Gill Oxley, Paul Macgregor, Ely Finch and I are devastated at the loss of our dear friend and colleague and Our Chinese Past committee member Malcolm Oakes.
Kira Brown, Gill Oxley, Paul Macgregor, Ely Finch and I are devastated at the loss of our dear friend and colleague and Our Chinese Past committee member Malcolm Oakes.
One of the largest of the Queensland Museum’s Chinese collections is the Kwong Sang Collection.
Likely written for Inverell storekeeper Fong Mon How, this poem expresses support for the Chinese Empire Reform Society.
Leslie Alan Bow (1903 – 1983) Leslie Alan Bow was born in Uralla in 1903. His parents’ names at the time of his birth appear in the New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages online index as Sam and Minnie Bow.[1] Leslie was the eldest of five boys born to Sam and Minnie, of whom […]
These stelae are inscribed with thousands of Chinese characters, and list the names of the organisers, community representatives, and individual donors who brought about the building’s 1866 reconstruction.
by Juanita Kwok McCrossins Mill Museum is located in Uralla, the closest town to the historic Rocky River goldfield. The Museum is housed in a three storey flour mill, built in 1870 for John McCrossin, son of Sam McCrossin, one of the earliest settlers on Anaiwan land. The flour mill was purchased by members of […]
A cymbal, which would have been one of a pair, sold by the 長珍 “Cheung Chan” firm. LOCATION Wing Hing Long Museum, Tingha TRANSCRIPTIONS Convex surface of cymbal 東長珍 Concave surface of dome of cymbal Brush-written text 花☐士 足〢 Blue text ☐大士 WHERE WAS THIS OBJECT USED? The answer to this question is not yet known. SUMMARY […]
This set of six placards was originally displayed in the 1883 Howell Road temple in Tingha, and may have been used for processions. LOCATION McCrossin’s Mill Museum, Uralla The evidence (see Dating the Placards below) indicates that this set of six placards was originally used in the 1883 Howell Road temple in Tingha. Traditionally such placards are carried […]
