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This painted screen is one of a set of three such panels (see Panel 2 and Panel 3)....Read more

One of several pieces that would have been part of shrine cabinets. It is not yet known which...Read more

One of several pieces that would have been part of shrine cabinets. It is not yet known which...Read more

Originally believed to be from the 1866 Rocky River temple, this table was likely moved to the 1883...Read more

One of several pieces that would have been part of shrine cabinets. It is not yet known which...Read more

by Gill Oxley Emmaville Mining Museum is located at 86 Moore Street Emmaville, some 40 kilometres north northwest...Read more

One of several pieces that would have been part of shrine cabinets. It is not yet known which...Read more

Shrine cabinet panel 9 - McCrossin's Mill MuseumRead more

Part of the framing from a diorama which would have showed mannequins from a scene in a play,...Read more

This canister was used to hold the chim sticks, or fortune sticks, that were used in divination rituals...Read more

by Gill Oxley Inverell Pioneer Village is located on the southern edge of Inverell at 64 Tingha Road...Read more

by Juanita Kwok McCrossins Mill Museum is located in Uralla, the closest town to the historic Rocky River...Read more

Dedicated to Sudhana Kumāra, an acolyte of Avalokitasvara (a.k.a. Kwun Yam), it is therefore highly likely that the printing blocks...Read more

Shipping crate for “superior benzoin incense” from the Macao firm of 陳天祥 “Chan Tin Cheung”. This firm was one...Read more

This bell, bearing the date of 1883–84, is a typical temple bell. It would be struck to call...Read more

The drum on this stand would have been struck to call the attention the deity or deities of...Read more

One of the largest of the Queensland Museum’s Chinese collections is the Kwong Sang Collection.Read more

This mount frame would have been used inside a temple to display a processional placard when the placard...Read more

This carved panel would have been attached to the side of an altar table. It was one of...Read more

1857 temple Entrance of the 1887 temple at Emmaville. Photograph by Robert Newby Kirk in 1899, reproduced from...Read more

The Emmaville temple features prominently in Chinese-language Australian newspapers. This is a sample of these articles, summarized in...Read more

Dated 1908, the temple pictured is presumably the 1880 Rocky River temple, which reportedly burnt down in 1912....Read more

Part of the framing from a diorama which would have showed mannequins from a scene in a play,...Read more

This would have been one of a set of probably eight staffs, which would have been displayed at...Read more

The shape of this frieze suggests it graced the top of the front of an altar table. It...Read more

This carved scene would have been inset into the structure of a shrine cabinet. It is not known...Read more

A temple bell that, at some stage, became a church bell. It is not known in which temple...Read more

A Chinese-temple donation inscription that is couched as an address to that temple’s deity or deities, as is...Read more

This altar table is displayed showing its rear panel. The front panel, which is no longer known to...Read more

This couplet board is believed to have formed part of a shrine-cabinet surround, as is suggested by the...Read more

Only one of the four temples in Tingha is reported to have burnt down. This was the temple...Read more

A remnant of the packaging of an incense packet from Macao, from the firm 陳聯馨 “Chun Lun Hing”....Read more

One of several pieces that would have been part of shrine cabinets. It is not yet known which...Read more

This painted screen is one of a set of three such panels (see Panel 1 and Panel 2)....Read more

One of several pieces that would have been part of shrine cabinets. It is not yet known which...Read more

This would have been one of a set of probably eight staffs, which would have been displayed at...Read more

A cymbal, which would have been one of a pair, sold by the 長珍 “Cheung Chan” firm. LOCATION Wing...Read more