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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-25TitleGroup Of Chinese Miners At Orepuki, SouthlandDescriptionPhoto of seven men lined in two rows for the photo. All are Chinese miners. Three men standing and four men seated in front of them. They are in front of a wooden fence. Below the image, along the frame, are partial Chinese characters which are the names of the men in the picture. (Written by Rev Don)
Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 2", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1995. Image on page 117.
Caption from book: "A group of Chinese miners at Orepuki c. 1900. Back row (from left0 - Chan Choi, Chan Sum, Chan Foon; Front row - Chan Shek, Chan Kwan Jeong, Chan Yeung, and Lai Wei Shi. [ Kirkland Collection]."TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - GroupGold Mining-Central Otago-DwellingsBuildings - ExteriorSourceEva 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.1-25TitleGroup Of Chinese Miners At Orepuki, SouthlandDescriptionPhoto of seven men lined in two rows for the photo. All are Chinese miners. Three men standing and four men seated in front of them. They are in front of a wooden fence. Below the image, along the frame, are partial Chinese characters which are the names of the men in the picture. (Written by Rev Don)Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 2", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1995. Image on page 117.
Caption from book: "A group of Chinese miners at Orepuki c. 1900. Back row (from left0 - Chan Choi, Chan Sum, Chan Foon; Front row - Chan Shek, Chan Kwan Jeong, Chan Yeung, and Lai Wei Shi. [ Kirkland Collection]."
TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - GroupGold Mining-Central Otago-DwellingsBuildings - ExteriorSourceEva 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, Group Of Chinese Miners At Orepuki, Southland. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127526
