Entity

[Gold mines, plans, and regulations in Chinese] [picture]

Date
1875-11-20
Subject
Category
Author
Government Victoria
Keywords
translation
Chinese Australian
Current holder
Series number
H11575
Item number
992240923607636
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
State Library Victoria
Country of origin
Language
Description from source
Description
poster : letterpress and wood-engraving on paper backed onto linen ; 67.5 x 98.5 cm.

Notes
• Printed below the Chinese characters l.l.: Regulation of Mines Statute 37 Vic. No.480. Translated by C.P. Hodges Esq. Chief Chinese Interpreter for the Colony of Victoria under instructions from R. Brough Smyth F.G.S. Chief Inspector of Mines and Published by direction of the Honorable Wm. McClellan M.P. Minister of Mines for the Colony of Victoria.
• Dated below characters l.c.: 20th November 1875.
• Inscribed in ink on verso: Misc. / 13 / Cd5.
• The poster was originally mounted on two wooden supports, now at LTRE 709.

Exhibited
“All the rage: the poster in Victoria 1850-2000”, Keith Murdoch Gallery, State Library of Victoria, 10 August – 28 October 2001.
Physical format
Posters
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Record author
Siobhan Campbell
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