Chinese community at Burwood, 30 March 1942; photographs by Ray Olson

Title	Chinese community at Burwood, 30 March 1942; photographs by Ray Olson
Subject	Chinese language Photographs
Category	4. World War II
Author	Olson, Ray
Place	Sydney
Keywords	Chinese Australian
Current holder	State Library of New South Wales
Date	March 30, 1942
Link	https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/MyEQbElZKo8QD
Series number	ON 388/Box 064/Item 103
Item number	MyEQbElZKo8QD
Access rights	Digitised
Rights	Out of copyright: Created before 1955 Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Country of origin	Australia
Language	Chinese English
Description from source	Contents 25 negatives - 9 x 11 cm (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. format) Part of ACP Magazines Ltd. photographic archive including Pix magazine negatives, 1930s-1980s Creators Australian Consolidated Press and Consolidated Press
Physical format	Photographs
Abstract	This image appeared in Pix, Vol. 9 No. 15 (11 April 1942) in an article about Chinese evacuated from New Guinea and housed in the Chinese Evacuation Home in Burwood. The caption to this image reads "SUPERINTENDENT Matron L. Poland, superintendent of the Chinese Evacuation Home, laughs over the [?] duties with May and Yit Ngo. A roster is drawn up in English and then translated into Chinese. Mrs. Poland has had 10 years experience in New Guinea, where she was married. Her husband is a member of the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles. She last saw him in Wau, and has not heard of him since."
Related resources	http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-476466900
File	Chinese community at Burwood, 30 March 1942