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Chinese translation of the Gold Fields Regulations and Gold Fields Act, 1873

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Title
Chinese translation of the Gold Fields Regulations and Gold Fields Act, 1873
Subject
Frontier and pioneer life--Australia--Queensland
China--Emigration and immigration
Queensland--History
Gold mines and mining
Foreign workers, Chinese
Legal documents
Gold mines and mining--History
Politics and government
Category
1. Settlement
Creator
Commissioner J. (T.?) G. McDonald
Current holder
State Library of Queensland
Townsville City Library
Date
1873
Link
https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE267759
https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/15161
Item number
9.91835E+16
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Out of copyright. You are free to use without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Charters Towers
Townsville
Language
Chinese
English
Description from source
Original version: photographic print : black & white 1873, 13 x 18 cm. image

The Gold Fields Regulations and Gold Fields Act translated into Chinese 'By order of the Commissioner J. (T.?) G. McDonald Esqre., Charters Towers, May 1 1873. Translated by James McHenley, Anglo-Chinese Linguist'. Hand-written in Chinese characters.
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Manuscripts
Pamphlets
Bibliographic citation
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