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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-73TitleTwo Chinese Gold Miners' Huts In Victoria GullyDescriptionThree men, outside, near two Chinese Gold Miners' huts made out of mud, canvas, and wood planks. Two are standing and one is seated. A tall hill is behind them.
Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 135.
Caption from book: "Two Chinese huts in Victoria Gully, Nokomai, in 1900-01, the hut on the left showing the frequent practice of the Chinese miners to place the chimney by the entrance. The men are G. H. McNeur (seated), Soo Maau Chung (right) who worked for a European named John France, and an unidentified European who may have been a fellow employee. [A. Don. Kirkland Collection]"TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions35mm x 24mmDate Createdc, 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - GroupGold Mining-Buildings-DwellingsChinese in New ZealandBuildings - ExteriorSourceEva and James NgAccession No2018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNotemage 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.1-73TitleTwo Chinese Gold Miners' Huts In Victoria GullyDescriptionThree men, outside, near two Chinese Gold Miners' huts made out of mud, canvas, and wood planks. Two are standing and one is seated. A tall hill is behind them.Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 135.
Caption from book: "Two Chinese huts in Victoria Gully, Nokomai, in 1900-01, the hut on the left showing the frequent practice of the Chinese miners to place the chimney by the entrance. The men are G. H. McNeur (seated), Soo Maau Chung (right) who worked for a European named John France, and an unidentified European who may have been a fellow employee. [A. Don. Kirkland Collection]"
TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions35mm x 24mmDate Createdc, 1900CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - GroupGold Mining-Buildings-DwellingsChinese in New ZealandBuildings - ExteriorSourceEva and James NgAccession No2018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNotemage 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 Chinese Gold Miners' Huts In Victoria Gully. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127617
