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Five Elders of the Dunedin Chinese Church
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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-79TitleFive Elders of the Dunedin Chinese ChurchDescriptionStudio photo of three Chinese men and two Europeans. All are wearing suits and ties. Three are seated and two are standing behind them. They are (left to right): [front row] unknown European; J. Lo Keong (the first0named Chinese arrival in Otago, 1865); and Rev. Alexander Don. [back row] W.Y.K. Chan (arrived 1892) and Paul H. Chan (arrived in 1879).
The three Chinese men are also pictured in image Ng-FS.1-27.
Condition note: There is a damage to the image on the forehead of J. Lo Keong.TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1904CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - GroupDunedinNew Zealand Chinese Church - DunedinSourceEva 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.1-79TitleFive Elders of the Dunedin Chinese ChurchDescriptionStudio photo of three Chinese men and two Europeans. All are wearing suits and ties. Three are seated and two are standing behind them. They are (left to right): [front row] unknown European; J. Lo Keong (the first0named Chinese arrival in Otago, 1865); and Rev. Alexander Don. [back row] W.Y.K. Chan (arrived 1892) and Paul H. Chan (arrived in 1879).The three Chinese men are also pictured in image Ng-FS.1-27.
Condition note: There is a damage to the image on the forehead of J. Lo Keong.
TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions36mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1904CreatorDon, Alexander RevSubjectPortraits - GroupDunedinNew Zealand Chinese Church - DunedinSourceEva 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, Five Elders of the Dunedin Chinese Church. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 29/05/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127630
