{"id":2331,"date":"2021-10-09T08:04:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T21:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/?page_id=2331"},"modified":"2021-10-09T08:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T21:04:50","slug":"mitchell-library-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/mitchell-library-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell Library 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Library of NSW\u2019s Mitchell Library holds a wealth of historical material including many rare and interesting documents and objects relevant to Chinese Australian history. While the mischances of cataloguing does not always make it easy to find, here is a <em>Mitchell Library 8 <\/em>that gives a taste not only of the depth of the collection but also the variety that is Chinese Australian history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Case for the defence &#8211; an Amoy Shepherd&#8217;s plea<\/em><\/li><li><em>Missionary positions: Torn poster of a Chinese God<\/em><\/li><li><em>Piracy in Sydney Harbour: The Ethereal &amp; Mary Nicholson gold seizures<\/em><\/li><li><em>The news in Chinese: Sydney and Melbourne\u2019s Newspapers<\/em><\/li><li><em>Taking the air: The Garrison Church strollers<\/em><\/li><li><em>A Gold Medal Official<\/em><\/li><li><em>What Happened to Riley<\/em><\/li><li><em>Sacred Songs <\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/59-case-for-the-defence-an-amoy-shepherds-evidence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Murder-defence-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Murder-defence-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Murder-defence-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Murder-defence-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Murder-defence.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Case for the defence: <\/strong>Found among the papers of Justice Wise this mixture of text and images provided by a man charged with murder can also lay claim to being perhaps the first example of Chinese Australian literature. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/2-torn-poster-of-a-chinese-god\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Torn-God-772x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Torn-God-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Torn-God-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Torn-God-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Torn-God-1158x1536.jpg 1158w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/A-Torn-God.jpg 1447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Missionary positions:<\/strong> Torn from a Sydney shop by a Christian missionary determined to stamp out the old gods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/piracy-on-sydney-harbour-the-ethereal-mary-nicholson-gold-seizures\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"787\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-seizures-787x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-seizures-787x1024.jpg 787w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-seizures-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-seizures-768x999.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-seizures-1180x1536.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-seizures.jpg 1321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Seeking justice: <\/strong>On their way home from the goldfields with the earnings of themselves and their friends all is lost. Will a parliamentary inquiry see justice done?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/chinese-languages-newspapers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Newspapers-1024x824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Newspapers-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Newspapers-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Newspapers-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Newspapers.jpg 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>The news in <em>Chinese<\/em>: <\/strong>From the late 19th and throughout most of the first half of the 20th century Sydney and Melbourne were awash with Chinese news, or at least the news in Chinese.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/argyle-cut-garrison-church\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Garrison-Church-1024x997.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Garrison-Church-1024x997.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Garrison-Church-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Garrison-Church-768x748.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Garrison-Church.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>A Sydney scene: <\/strong>Locked in the bowels of the State Library is this water colour of typical Sydneysiders enjoying a stroll near The Garrison Church, Argyle Place. [Apologies for the poor image as no professional photograph has ever been made of this picture. SLNSW ML 49]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/9-gold-medal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-offical-579x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-offical-579x1024.jpg 579w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-offical-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-offical-768x1358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-offical-869x1536.jpg 869w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Gold-offical.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>A gold medal:<\/strong> Presented to a retiring Gold Commissioner by a grateful Chinese community. Though somewhat misinterpreted by the Librarian community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/22-what-happened-to-riley\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/What-happended.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/What-happended.jpg 802w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/What-happended-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/What-happended-768x981.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Chinese Australian literature:<\/strong> If the plea of innocence was the first instance of Chinese Australian literature this remarkable short story with its own plea for Chinese people is perhaps the <em>first instance of Chinese Australian literature<\/em> in English.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/sacred-songs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sacred-songs-1024x847.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sacred-songs-1024x847.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sacred-songs-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sacred-songs-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sacred-songs.jpg 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Praising heaven: <\/strong>Efforts to convert people to Christianity have a long history and the Rev J. Young Wai was active since the gold rush. This collection of songs translated into Chinese represents perhaps a less direct method than tearing down posters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While not complete, a good place to start discovering what else is in the State Library of NSW is<strong>:<\/strong> <em>Chinese Australians: a guide to holdings in the Mitchell Library<\/em> \/ compiled and edited by Paul Jones &amp; Terri McCormack. <strong>994.00495\/2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5178-735x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2575\" width=\"457\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5178-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5178-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5178-768x1070.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5178-1103x1536.jpg 1103w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5178-1470x2048.jpg 1470w, https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_5178-scaled.jpg 1838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Library of NSW\u2019s Mitchell Library holds a wealth of historical material including many rare and interesting documents and objects relevant to Chinese Australian history. While the mischances of cataloguing does not always make it easy to find, here is a Mitchell Library 8 that gives a taste not only of the depth of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/mitchell-library-8\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mitchell Library 8&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2331","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578,"href":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2331\/revisions\/2578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinozhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}