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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-3TitleFour Chinese Men Outside Their Rural HomeDescriptionCasual photo of four Chinese men, three of whom are seated in chairs, outside their mud and timber rural home. The one-story home appears to have been added onto, twice. One in front out of mud and one to the left out of timber. They are likely Chinese gold miners as the image was taken by Rev Alexander Don on his tour of Central Otago Chinese Gold Miners in 1900-01.TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - GroupGold Mining-Central Otago-DwellingsBuildings - ExteriorScenic ViewSourceEva and James NgAccession No42018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNoteImage from positive, black and white filmstrip.Recollect CollectionNew Zealand Chinese CollectionAcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images.
Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-3TitleFour Chinese Men Outside Their Rural HomeDescriptionCasual photo of four Chinese men, three of whom are seated in chairs, outside their mud and timber rural home. The one-story home appears to have been added onto, twice. One in front out of mud and one to the left out of timber. They are likely Chinese gold miners as the image was taken by Rev Alexander Don on his tour of Central Otago Chinese Gold Miners in 1900-01.TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - GroupGold Mining-Central Otago-DwellingsBuildings - ExteriorScenic ViewSourceEva and James NgAccession No42018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNoteImage from positive, black and white filmstrip.Recollect CollectionNew Zealand Chinese CollectionAcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images.Click on the image to add
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Don, Alexander Rev, Four Chinese Men Outside Their Rural Home. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127484
