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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-63TitleTwo Unidentified Chinese Men and Young Boy Near Substantial Sod HomeDescriptionTwo unidentified Chinese men and young boy near a substantial sod home. One man is sitting on a large mile of sticks, the other, closer to the camera, is holding a tin. Behind them is a large sod home with a corrugated tin roof. Chickens can be seen in the background.
Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 327 (lower image). The "above" picture is image Ng-FS-1-063.
Caption from book: "The many unidentified photographs left behind by Alexander Don show that while most of the old Otago Chinese lived close to destitution, some of those who became established on the goldfields occupied substantial dwellings of sod, stone, or timber. Above, the Rev. W. Mawson visits a neat wooden cottage, probably in 1902-03. The boy in the lower photograph may have been one of Don's own sons. [Kirkland Collection]"
The home is also pictured in image Ng-FS.1-75.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.1-63TitleTwo Unidentified Chinese Men and Young Boy Near Substantial Sod HomeDescriptionTwo unidentified Chinese men and young boy near a substantial sod home. One man is sitting on a large mile of sticks, the other, closer to the camera, is holding a tin. Behind them is a large sod home with a corrugated tin roof. Chickens can be seen in the background.Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 327 (lower image). The "above" picture is image Ng-FS-1-063.
Caption from book: "The many unidentified photographs left behind by Alexander Don show that while most of the old Otago Chinese lived close to destitution, some of those who became established on the goldfields occupied substantial dwellings of sod, stone, or timber. Above, the Rev. W. Mawson visits a neat wooden cottage, probably in 1902-03. The boy in the lower photograph may have been one of Don's own sons. [Kirkland Collection]"
The home is also pictured in image Ng-FS.1-75.
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, Two Unidentified Chinese Men and Young Boy Near Substantial Sod Home. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127601
