Shipping banana bunches, Tully River, 1907
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Photograph of Chinese banana growers with bunches from their smaller craft alongside a larger vessel on the Tully River. There were numerous Chinese growers along the Tully River from the 1890s, and about 400 at the peak from 1905 to 1908. The First World War caused shipping to southern markets to be disrupted and most of the Chinese gardeners departed
Title:
Shipping banana bunches, Tully River, 1907
Date of work:
1907
Search dates:
01 Jan 1907 - 31 Dec 1907
Level of description:
Item
Type of materials:
Graphic materials
Custodial history:
From the collection of Cardwell Shire CouncilDigitised from a photographic copy held in the Dorothy Jones Library Heritage Collection
Use restrictions:
Copyright free. Please acknowledge Cassowary Coast Libraries
General notes:
P00023 ; 91.0023PFPublished in Cardwell Shire Story by Dorothy Jones, facing page 134, "Courtesy J.B. Skardon."Information with photo: "Chinese shipping bananas, Tully River"
Publications:
1907
Record types:
Photographs
Record number:
13619