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G.H. McNeur With Two Chinese Miners At Little Kyeburn
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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-20TitleG.H. McNeur With Two Chinese Miners At Little KyeburnDescriptionCasual photo of three men outside a sod hut with a fabric and wood roof. Included (left to right): G.H.McNeur; Chau Yun Kwai; and Chau Fa. The image was taken by Rev Alexander Don on his tour of Central Otago Chinese Gold Miners in 1900-01. Below the image along the frame are partial Chinese characters, written by Rev Don, and are the names of the men in the picture.
Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 238.
Caption from book: "G.H. McNeur with the miners Chau Yun Kwai (left) and Chau Fa at Little Kyeburn, Mt. Ida, in 1901. [Kirkland Collection]"
Duplicate: Ng-FS.1-138TypeBlack & 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.
This image is also held at the Hocken.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.1-20TitleG.H. McNeur With Two Chinese Miners At Little KyeburnDescriptionCasual photo of three men outside a sod hut with a fabric and wood roof. Included (left to right): G.H.McNeur; Chau Yun Kwai; and Chau Fa. The image was taken by Rev Alexander Don on his tour of Central Otago Chinese Gold Miners in 1900-01. Below the image along the frame are partial Chinese characters, written by Rev Don, and are the names of the men in the picture.Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 238.
Caption from book: "G.H. McNeur with the miners Chau Yun Kwai (left) and Chau Fa at Little Kyeburn, Mt. Ida, in 1901. [Kirkland Collection]"
Duplicate: Ng-FS.1-138
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.This image is also held at the Hocken.
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, G.H. McNeur With Two Chinese Miners At Little Kyeburn. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127519
