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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-22TitleWong Gong and Friends Outside His Store, Skipper's PointDescriptionA casual photo of Wong Gong and four friends (all Chinese men) sitting outside his store in central Otago. 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 199.
Caption from book: "Wong Gong (Wong Jay Noong) and friends outside his store in 1901. Wong Gong, nearest the camera, with Wong Farn sitting beside him, were both of Taishan origin. Though fruit- tree branches frame the photograph, the landscape itself was treeless, and all the weatherboarding must have been hauled in from a considerable distance. Wong Gong previously kept a store at Butcher's Gully, then invested in Bullendale, but lost heavily. He was aged about 54 when this photograph was taken. Soon after, as the numbers of Chinese in the area sharply declined, he left his store, went mining in the Shotover, and was found dead in his hut in 1909. [A. Don, 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 HockenRecollect 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.1-22TitleWong Gong and Friends Outside His Store, Skipper's PointDescriptionA casual photo of Wong Gong and four friends (all Chinese men) sitting outside his store in central Otago. 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 199.
Caption from book: "Wong Gong (Wong Jay Noong) and friends outside his store in 1901. Wong Gong, nearest the camera, with Wong Farn sitting beside him, were both of Taishan origin. Though fruit- tree branches frame the photograph, the landscape itself was treeless, and all the weatherboarding must have been hauled in from a considerable distance. Wong Gong previously kept a store at Butcher's Gully, then invested in Bullendale, but lost heavily. He was aged about 54 when this photograph was taken. Soon after, as the numbers of Chinese in the area sharply declined, he left his store, went mining in the Shotover, and was found dead in his hut in 1909. [A. Don, 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, Wong Gong and Friends Outside His Store, Skipper's Point. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127523
