華英通語集全 Huaying tongyu jiquan (A Collection of Common Phrases in Chinese and English)

Title	華英通語集全 Huaying tongyu jiquan (A Collection of Common Phrases in Chinese and English)
Subject	Chinese language Australia--History Australia--Emigration and immigration—History Business enterprises International trade
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Wenyu tang 文裕堂
Place of Publication	Hong Kong
Keywords	translation Social conditions Trade Gold prospecting
Person	Quong
Current holder	Ashfield & District Historical Society
Date	1884
Rights	No longer in copyright
Country of origin	China
Place	Ashfield
Physical format	Books
Abstract	Ashfield & District Historical Society (NSW) holds a book of which the title page, below, is Huaying tongyu jiquan 華英通語集全 (A Collection of Common Phrases in Chinese and English), printed in the Jiashen year of the Guangxu reign (1884) in Hong Kong, by Wenyu tang 文裕堂. It is indicated that it is a “revised edition” (重訂). Neither an original of that title or this revised edition have at present been identified in any library. It is fortunate that there is some knowledge of the copy’s provenance, since the (back?) cover is inscribed “Alf Hughes/From his employer/Quong Tart/City.” Quong Tart (or Moy Quong Tart) was the Anglicised name of a prominent Ashfield citizen (pinyin Mei Guangda 梅光達). At present nothing more is known of Hughes, or why Mei would present him with this phrasebook. Dimensions H205mm x W130mm
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