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Digitised?YesLocation IDNg-FS.1-135TitleRev Mawson At A Communal HutDescriptionRev Mawson seated on the porch of a well-built, communal hut. There are many cloths hanging from pegs on the front wall of the home. There is also a substantial pile of wood kindling in the side-yard of the home.
Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 2", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1995. Image on page 109.
Caption from book: "A communal hut of more solid construction than usual, with corrugated iron roof and weatherboard wall, occupied by Chinese men at Orepuki, c. 1903. The huts and their claims bore names like Kwong Woh Tong, On Woh Tong, and Chung Woh (Chun Wah) Tong. The Rev. W. Mawson is seated by the door. [Kirkland Collection]"TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions35mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1903CreatorDon, Alexander RevSourceEva and James NgAccession No2018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNoteImage from positive, black and white filmstripRecollect 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.1-135TitleRev Mawson At A Communal HutDescriptionRev Mawson seated on the porch of a well-built, communal hut. There are many cloths hanging from pegs on the front wall of the home. There is also a substantial pile of wood kindling in the side-yard of the home.Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 2", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1995. Image on page 109.
Caption from book: "A communal hut of more solid construction than usual, with corrugated iron roof and weatherboard wall, occupied by Chinese men at Orepuki, c. 1903. The huts and their claims bore names like Kwong Woh Tong, On Woh Tong, and Chung Woh (Chun Wah) Tong. The Rev. W. Mawson is seated by the door. [Kirkland Collection]"
TypeBlack & white negativeDimensions35mm x 24mmDate Createdc. 1903CreatorDon, Alexander RevSourceEva and James NgAccession No2018/73/5/2CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic CollectionNoteImage from positive, black and white filmstripRecollect 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.Editing is temporarily disabled
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Don, Alexander Rev, Rev Mawson At A Communal Hut. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 19/04/2025, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/127744
