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Lau Poh and Lai Hon's hut, Waikaia (Switzers)
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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-9TitleLau Poh and Lai Hon's hut, Waikaia (Switzers)DescriptionCasual photo of a Lau Poh and Lai Hon, two Chinese gold miners, seated outside their mud stucco rural one-story homes. The yard includes a cord of stacked wood, a fenced in garden, buckets and other tools hanging from hooks and leaning against the fence, piles of hay, and several small animal huts and buildings.
Duplicate NG1-11.31-67
Rev Don has annotated the edges of the image. The Chinese character on the bottom edge is the name of the person seated. The writing at the top is only partially legible. The middle top reads, "Waikaia/Switzers" [Waikaia was formerly known as Switzers]TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - IndividualGold 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.1-9TitleLau Poh and Lai Hon's hut, Waikaia (Switzers)DescriptionCasual photo of a Lau Poh and Lai Hon, two Chinese gold miners, seated outside their mud stucco rural one-story homes. The yard includes a cord of stacked wood, a fenced in garden, buckets and other tools hanging from hooks and leaning against the fence, piles of hay, and several small animal huts and buildings.Duplicate NG1-11.31-67
Rev Don has annotated the edges of the image. The Chinese character on the bottom edge is the name of the person seated. The writing at the top is only partially legible. The middle top reads, "Waikaia/Switzers" [Waikaia was formerly known as Switzers]
TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - IndividualGold 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, Lau Poh and Lai Hon's hut, Waikaia (Switzers). Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127507
