Chinese labour indenture certificate between Ng Hong and J B Simpson issued in Sydney in 1851

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Title	Chinese labour indenture certificate between Ng Hong and J B Simpson issued in Sydney in 1851
Subject	Foreign workers, Chinese New South Wales--History Chinese language White Australia policy Sydney (N.S.W.) Labor
Category	1. Settlement
Creator	Simpson, J B
Current holder	National Museum of Australia
Date	October 7, 1851
Link	https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/icons/images/kaui2/index.html#/home?usr=CE
Item number	1985.0038.0001
Access rights	Digitised
Country of origin	Australia
Place	Sydney
Language	English Chinese
Description from source	H 234mm x W 197mm x D 1mm Chinese Labour Indenture Certificate, dated: "Seventh day of October [..] eight hundred and fifty one". Handwritten and printed agreement on blue-grey paper. English written text on the facing, and Chinese on the reverse. The document records a contract of five years work in return for monetary advance and employment between Ng Hong and JB Simpson of Sydney.
Physical format	Certificates
Bibliographic citation	<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/FH5EXR9B/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/FH5EXR9B/</a></p>