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112569PD: Tombstone for Chinese man Ho Ching Yeun (1860-1927), Broome Cemetery, 1935

Date
1927-04-19
Place
Broome
Subject
Category
Keywords
Chinese Australian
Current holder
Link
Series number
PXA 907/Box 83
Item number
4alNab0pK6yJk
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
The State Library of Western Australia

Rights and Restrictions Information : On behalf of Tourism Australia, the State Library of New South Wales is authorised to approve reproduction and use of all images in this collection, for publication and broadcast (all media), without further consultation.

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Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1935
Description from source
From the State Library of Western Australia –

112569PD: Tombstone for Chinese man Ho Ching Yeun (1860-1927), Broome Cemetery, 1935

Translation of text on tombstone: Top line: Cantonese: Gwong Dung San Wui Yun, English: Guangdong (province), Xinhui (Sanwui) county. Middle column: Cantonese: Ching Yeun Ho ? Mou, English: Grave of the honourable Ho Ching Yeun (He Qingrun). Right column: Cantonese: Sang yu Haam Fung gau nin seui chi Gang San, English: Born in the ninth year of the Xianfeng reign, a Geng Shen year (i.e. 1860). Left Column: Cantonese: Jung yu Man Gwok sap luk nin saam yut sap baat yat, English: Died on the eighteenth day of the third month of the sixteenth year of the Republic (i.e. 19th April 1927)]. Translation supplied by the Golden Dragon Museum (Bendigo)

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Full title
File 06: Walkabout magazine : Western Australian photographs [historical, pearling, diamonds, scenic views]

Source
Presented 1979
Physical format
Photographs
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