Quong Tart and family - Papers, 1831-1940
Quong Tart and family - Papers, 1831-1940
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1831-1940
Call Numbers
MLMSS 5094/Boxes 1, 3 , MLMSS 5094/vols. 2X, 4X, 5X , MLMSS 5094/Item 6X
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Language
- English
- Chinese
Formats
Manuscripts and Clippings
Physical Description
Contents
2 boxes, 3 outsize volumes and 1 outsize item - manuscript, typescript, clippings, printed
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : (MLMSS 5094/1, Items 1-5).
Finding aids
Read the transcription of digitised pages here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a565.html
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1877-1901; Letters received by Quong Tart, his family, and `representatives of the Chinese community in NSW', being mainly thanks for addresses presented (Call No.: CY 4554, frames 1-83: MLMSS 5094/1/1)
1881-1903; Letters of introduction for Quong Tart by i.a. Sir Henry Parkes, Sir William Robinson, Sir George Dibbs, William Kelynack, Roya...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Quong Tart and family - Papers, 1831-1940
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no: Album ID : 824046
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Lois B. McEvoy in 1988.
Select items from this collection have been preserved and digitised as part of the Nelson Meers Foundation Benefaction, 2003.
Administrative / Biographical history
Quong Tart, a wealthy tea merchant and restaurateur, was also a highly resepcted figure, philanthropist and community leader for the Chinese community in New South Wales.
Mei Quong Tart was born in 1850, the son of a merchant, in the provincial town of Hsin-ning, Canton province, China. He migrated to Australia, aged nine, with his uncle...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 5094/Boxes 1, 3 , MLMSS 5094/vols. 2X, 4X, 5X , MLMSS 5094/Item 6X
Record Identifier
1Dr4KR39
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Dr4KR39
Other Identifiers
Reference code
423875
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