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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-52TitleSnow Covered Rural HutDescriptionA scenic view of Joe Shum's Hut, Māori Gully. This wooden home has a blanket of snow covering the home and ground. One man stands to the right of the home with a tool in his hands.
This is likely a Chinese Gold Miners as the image was taken by Rev Alexander Don on his tour of Central Otago Chinese Gold Miners in 1900-01.
The same home, also photographed in winter, is in image Ng-FS.1-122. It was also photographed in summer and is pictured in image Ng-FS.1-65. Duplicate 1-11.8-22TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectScenic ViewGold Mining-Buildings-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.1-52TitleSnow Covered Rural HutDescriptionA scenic view of Joe Shum's Hut, Māori Gully. This wooden home has a blanket of snow covering the home and ground. One man stands to the right of the home with a tool in his hands.This is likely a Chinese Gold Miners as the image was taken by Rev Alexander Don on his tour of Central Otago Chinese Gold Miners in 1900-01.
The same home, also photographed in winter, is in image Ng-FS.1-122. It was also photographed in summer and is pictured in image Ng-FS.1-65. Duplicate 1-11.8-22
TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectScenic ViewGold Mining-Buildings-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, Snow Covered Rural Hut. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127563
