Photograph: Ah Youk, a Chinese resident of Tarnagulla, c. 1900-1920

Historical information

Murray Comrie Collection.

This photograph is an original print.

Physical description

A small monochrome photograph of a Chinese man with slightly bent posture, outside a slab hut, with a dog and a puppy beside him. Handwritten caption on reverse identifies subject as 'Ah Youk', a resident of Tarnagulla.



Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten on reverse 'Tarnagulla's Last Chinaman Ah Youk' and 'E. Radnell Tarnagulla'. The latter probably indicates the person who took the photo and/or who gave it to Murray Comrie. Also printed on reverse 'Bock Print'.

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