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

Date
1851-10-07
Place
Sydney
Subject
Category
Creator
Simpson, J B
Current holder
Item number
1985.0038.0001
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Language
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.
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