Etched glass plaque. Circular design on oblong base. Etched Chinese writing in base. metalic logo and building featured inside glass circle/disc.

Collection of 10 photos of Chinese Grave Stones in 3 Sleevesstawell

Chinese Star Checkers is a game for 2 to 6 players. Instructions are included.Game in cardboard box. Timber board with painted star and holes for game pieces. Bag of game pieces (small coloured balls).board games, chinese checkers

Black and white photograph of four female members of the Indo-Chinese Association playing a traditional game. Photograph taken in 1994 in the family day care house in Blackburn South.association for indo-chinese elderly citizens, indo-chinese elderly citizens

Miniature Chinese fortune knot mask. Featuring a female face the mask is painted in red, green and gold. Decorated with a knotted and plaited red cord with gold and red tassels.

Soft cream coloured card booklet of 51 pages stapled in place. Cover illustration of a Chinese Soldier, print is red & black. Illustrations, photocopies identifying weapons & equipment, aircraft.books - military, military history - army, communist, china

Pair of small tufted Chinese rugs. Coloured design featuring a bird sitting on a flowering tree branch. Predominately light pink in colour with cream, green, and brown. Cream fringe.

Photpgraph of Vaughan Cemetery, Victoria.vaughan, vaughan springs, vaughan chinese cemetery, chinese

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Framed weavingart, artwork, chinese, weaving

This mask was obtained by Charles Quon, probably from Hong Kong, and used by the Young Chinese League in their processions.This mask is significant for its links to the Chinese Young League. The League was formally established on 4 October 1932 to to promote free social intercourse and goodwill among its members and their mutual improvement. Membership was open to all persons, with one or both parents or grandparents born in China. Wives of Chinese members were permitted as members with the same privileges. It was a significant social organisation for Chinese-Australians in Melbourne in the mid to late twentieth century.A costume mask of a female character. She has a headdress of pink flowers, green and silver decorations. She also has a high bun. She has painted eye brows, eye liner, rosy cheeks and lips that are painted red. The eyes has been cut out for the wearer to see out of. There is a strap that runs behinds the mask.young chinese league, costume, mask, melbourne

This mask was obtained by Charles Quon, probably from Hong Kong, and used by the Young Chinese League in their processions.This mask is significant for its links to the Chinese Young League. The League was formally established on 4 October 1932 to to promote free social intercourse and goodwill among its members and their mutual improvement. Membership was open to all persons, with one or both parents or grandparents born in China. Wives of Chinese members were permitted as members with the same privileges. It was a significant social organisation for Chinese-Australians in Melbourne in the mid to late twentieth century.A costume mask of a male character. He has a silver headdress with pink, green and yellow decorations. He has black horns, a black face with pink cheeks, red lips and markings on his forehead, nose and chin. The eyes has been cut out for the wearer to see out of. There is a strap that runs behinds the mask.young chinese league, melbourne, victoria, australia, processions, masks

Group of two Chinese cash coins.Chinese characters on each coin.money, cash coins, chinese, goldfields, buckland valley, aldo gios

Group of two Chinese cash coins.Chinese characters on each coin.money, cash coins, chinese, goldfields, buckland valley, aldo gios

Made of brass and steel. Tail fin from M20 82mm mortar projectile. Ten fins spot welded to tail193R 1752Mordnance, mortar bomb

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Two Framed artworks with a floral theme. art, artwork, flowers, flora, asian

This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Two Framed artworks with a floral theme. art, artwork, flowers, flora, asian

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection A colour photograph of a member of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) supervising the traning of Chinese (Nung) Mercanaries at the Mike Force Training Area, Marble Mountain, Danang, 2 Corps region of South Vietnam.photograph, aattv, chinese nung mercenaries, marble mountain, 2 corps, mike force, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, australian army training team vietnam (aattv), mike force training area, danang

Digitised video (2.07GB) Duration: 50 minutes. Recorded July, 2023 (Video is available for viewing at Ringwood & District Historical Society Archives by appointment)Ken James is a prolific historical writer and is a regular to our Society's meetings. In this presentation, Ken talks about another book he is writing, involving the Chinese community in the small town of Lyal, between Castlemaine and Heathcote. In 1861, there were more than 24,000 Chinese immigrants on the goldfields of Ararat, Ballarat, Beechworth, Bendigo, Castlemaine and Maryborough. The Chinese were particularly industrious, with techniques that differed widely from the Europeans. This and their physical appearance and fear of the unknown led them to being persecuted in a racist way that would be regarded as untenable today.

Presented to the Ballarat School of Mines from Changzhou Educaiton Delegation. A Chinese calligraphic banne a a famous poem 'On the Stork Tower' written in the Tang Dynesty by Wang Zhihuan. The Sun along the mountains bows; The yellow river seawards flows. You will enjoy a grander sight; By climbing to a greater height. wang zhihuan, poem, tang dynasty, stork tower, changzhou, chine, calligraphy

His Excellency, Hwang Hon Cheng, from Peking, China, visited Australia from 1906 -1907 as Chinese Commissioner in response to an urgent petition from well respected Chinese business leaders, The 1906 Petition was sent to the Chinese Ambassador in Britain requesting the appointment of a Chinese Consular Representative in Australia to ease the escalating Discrimination and address the Immigration Restrictions in Australia. Hwang Hon Cheng visited Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne , Adelaide and Hobart and after reviewing his recommendations Britain agreed to the appointment of the first Chinese Consul-General to Australia. In 1908 Mr Leong Lan Fun, Taotal of Swatow was appointed Consul-General for the Commonwealth with his headquarters in Melbourne. Animosity, suspicion and misunderstanding had existed between Chinese and European settlers since the Gold Rush of 1850’s. Language, customs, frugality and mostly their ability to obtain profit from crops seen as uneconomical by Europeans eg parsley, garlic and salad vegetables. Many of the Chinese workers did not purchase land instead their main aim was to obtain enough money for their family and return to China. There were a few still managing market gardens around East Bentleigh until the 1950’s, by which time they were highly regarded by the general community. A large photograph of His Excellency the Chinese Commissioner , Hwang Hong Cheng, in a wooden frame c1906His Excellency the Chinese Commissioner / Hwang Hong Cheng, moorabbin, bentleigh, ormond, brighton, gold rush, chinese immigration, chinese market gardeners, markets, cheltenham, cabinet makers, early settlers, pioneers, market gardeners, , hwang hon cheng, leong lan fun, peking china, melbourne

Framed colour print featuring a Chinese playground scene. Red and black double card window mount set in a silver metal frame. The brightly coloured scene shows children gathered in groups near buildings and trees. Some are playing a bat and ball game.

Framed soft ground etching with aquatint depicting the Joss House in Bendigo. Donated through the Australian Gifts Programme by Katherine Littlewood.chinese, bendigo joss house, kenneth jack, printmaking, bendigo, joss house

Framed decorative woollen rug with fringe. Features Chinese floral design of green, pink and blue flowers. Dark green and white border with white fringe. Brown timber frame with red felt backing. Carpet is fixed to backing with five silver pins across top and bottom.

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most pieces in his collection were found. Some maps, drawn by Aldo Gios, also give more detail. This detail is rare as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location where they were found. This object is part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Stoneware bulb shaped bottle with flared rim opening.Chinese writing on base.chinese, bottle, glaze, stoneware, alcohol

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most pieces in his collection were found. Some maps, drawn by Aldo Gios, also give more detail. This detail is rare as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location where they were found. This object is part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Stoneware bulb shaped bottle with flared rim opening.Chinese writing on base.chinese, bottle, glaze, stoneware, alcohol

The Cutty Sark was launched on 22 November 1869. She was named by the wife of George Moodie, the ship's first master who had also supervised her construction. Cutty Sark left the Clyde on 13 January 1870. A month and two days later, she set sail from London for China. Cutty sark was designed and built by Scott & Linton of Dumbarton for 16,150 pounds. But much of the money was to be paid by Willis when the ship was launched. Just before they finished her, Scott & Linton ran out of money and went bankrupt. She was completed by William Denny & Brothers. The Cutty Sark was the first ship to reach London with a tea cargo in 1877. But she was one of only nine sailing ships that returned that year - in 1870 there had been 59. Steamships were now dominating the tea trade. In 1883 the Cutty Sark joined the booming trade in transporting Australian wool. Every year until 1895 she set out in the summer for Australia, to load a cargo of wool bales and return to England in time for the wool sales ini the first three months of the new year. Cutty Sark soon established herself as the fastest of the wool clippers. Under her last master, Richard Woodget she set record times of 70 days or less for the voyage which no other sailing ships could match.Painting of a ship called the Cutty Sark.cutty sark, exhibition, wool, australia, china, sailing, ship, woodget, moodie, london, willis dumbarton, scott & linton, william denny, tea, cargo, immigration, trade, chinese

Framed decorative woollen rug with fringe. Features Chinese design with two birds, flowers and branches. Green, brown and white colours. Green and white border with white fringe. Brown timber frame with red felt backing. Carpet is fixed to backing with five silver pins across top and bottom.

Brought to the Ovens Goldfields by Chinese men working in the area in the 19th century. Most likely made in China.Aldo Gios recorded the location of where most of the pieces in this collection were found. Some maps drawn by Aldo Gios also give more detail. This detail is rare, as most pieces of broken crockery were discarded and complete items were usually collected with no thought to recording the location they came from. Part of one of the largest collections of Chinese ware found in the Upper Ovens area and the only one recording the location where found.Chinese porcelain wine cup, celadon. Chinese tableware.Two blue marks on base.chinese, cup, gios, tableware, glaze, porcelain, buckland, celadon, wine