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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-71TitleMud-Brick Hut With Canvas RoofDescriptionA scenic view of a stone hut with a canvas roof, in a valley surrounded by hills. Notably, there are no trees in the image, only scrub and bush.
This was owned by Mr Lai Ka Hong from Waikaia and is a typical Chinese Gold Miner's hut. The image was taken by Rev Alexander Don on his tour of Central Otago Chinese Gold Miners in 1900-01. The title of the photo was written on the back of image P-A564.1-2.
Duplicate: Ng-FS.1-71; Ng-FS.1-55; P-A564.1-2TypeBlack & 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.1-71TitleMud-Brick Hut With Canvas RoofDescriptionA scenic view of a stone hut with a canvas roof, in a valley surrounded by hills. Notably, there are no trees in the image, only scrub and bush.This was owned by Mr Lai Ka Hong from Waikaia and is a typical Chinese Gold Miner's hut. The image was taken by Rev Alexander Don on his tour of Central Otago Chinese Gold Miners in 1900-01. The title of the photo was written on the back of image P-A564.1-2.
Duplicate: Ng-FS.1-71; Ng-FS.1-55; P-A564.1-2
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, Mud-Brick Hut With Canvas Roof. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127615
