Guide to the Nomchong Family Photograph Collection
PIC/7659
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: October 2025
Collection Summary
- Title
- Nomchong Family Photograph Collection
- Date Range
- 1880-1983
- Collection Number
- PIC/7659
- Extent
- 144 items
- Physical Facet
- 72 photographs and 72 negatives.
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Pictures)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs of the Nomchong family who settled in Braidwood, New South Wales in the 1870s. They opened and operated a family store in Braidwood up until it closed in 1980.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1585837).
Conditions Governing Use
Conditions for copying and publishing of this colecction may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1585837).
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as 'Nomchong Family Photograph Collection, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.
Item Descriptions
Portrait of Mrs. Ellen Nomchong at Goulburn, New South Wales, 1946 (Item PIC/7659/1) - Piece PIC Box PS 16305 #PIC/7659/1
Title taken from catalogue record.
Portrait of Lionel Joseph Nomchong, taken at Thorne's Bridge, Braidwood Road, Goulburn, New South Wales, 1938 (Item PIC/7659/2) - Piece PIC Box PS 16305 #PIC/7659/2
Title taken from catalogue record.
Group portrait of the Nomchong family, ca. 1919 (Item PIC/7659/3) - Piece PIC Box PS 16306 #PIC/7659/3
Title written on verso with family members numbered and written on verso.
Portrait of Maud Shing and Ellen Shing, Sydney, ca. 1905-1906 (Item PIC/7659/4) - Piece PIC Box PS 16306 #PIC/7659/4
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Miss Alice Shing (cousin) and Miss Ellen Shing, Canterbury, New South Wales, ca. 1904-1905 (Item PIC/7659/5) - Piece PIC Box PS 16307 #PIC/7659/5
Title written on verso.
The Nomchong family at BomBay, Shoalhaven River, via Braidwood, New South Wales, ca. 1914 (Item PIC/7659/6) - Piece PIC Box PS 16308 #PIC/7659/6
Title and names of family members written on verso, including: '1. Maud Nomchong (daughter of NG Chee Dock), 2. Maud Shing (Elder sister of Ellen), 3. Dolly Nomchong (daughter of NG Chee Dock), 4. Ellen Shing (wife of W.J. Nomchong)'.
Bombay Bridge, Shoalhaven River, via Braidwood, New South Wales, ca. 1914 (Item PIC/7659/7) - Piece PIC Box PS 16309 #PIC/7659/7
Title written on verso.
W.J. Nomchong's market gardens, Goulburn, New South Wales, December 1914 (Item PIC/7659/8) - Piece PIC Box PS 16309 #PIC/7659/8
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Miss Mary Phyllis Nomchong with Gregory James N[omchong], Goulburn, 1948 (Item PIC/7659/9) - Piece PIC Box PS 16310 #PIC/7659/9
Title written on verso.
Portrait of William James Nomchong, aged 19 years, Braidwood, New South Wales, 1900 (Item PIC/7659/10) - Piece PIC Box PS 16311 #PIC/7659/10
Title written on verso.
Intermediate class, Saint Gregory's College, Campbelltown, New South Wales, 1932 - 1933 (Item PIC/7659/11) - Piece PIC Box PS 16312 #PIC/7659/11
Title written on verso and 'Lionel Joseph Nomchong (boarder)'.
Portrait of Lionel J. Nomchong with son Gregory James, Goulburn, New South Wales, 1949 (Item PIC/7659/12) - Piece PIC Box PS 16313 #PIC/7659/12
Title written on verso.
Portrait of William James Nomchong, aged 22 years, Braidwood, New South Wales, 1902 - 1903 (Item PIC/7659/13) - Piece PIC Box PS 16314 #PIC/7659/13
Title written on verso.
[N.G] Chee Dock Nomchong and his second wife Mary [with a group of people at a picnic], [n.d.] (Item PIC/7659/14) - Piece PIC Box PS 16314 #PIC/7659/14
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Francis Shing, aged 20 years, Canterbury, New South Wales, 1914 (Item PIC/7659/15) - Piece PIC Box PS 16315 #PIC/7659/15
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Ellen Shing, Canterbury, New South Wales, 1914 (Item PIC/7659/16) - Piece PIC Box PS 16316 #PIC/7659/16
Title written on verso.
Group portrait of second class, Saint Anthony's Convent School, Clovelly, New South Wales, 1929 - 1930 (Item PIC/7659/17) - Piece PIC Box PS 16317 #PIC/7659/17
Title written on verso and 'Second row, second from left Joan Francis Nomchong'. Cross drawn on family member Joan.
Home of Mr. and Mrs. William James Nomchong, Clovelly, New South Wales, 1927 (Item PIC/7659/18) - Piece PIC Box PS 16317 #PIC/7659/18
Title written on verso.
[The Nomchong family at] Clovelly, New South Wales, 1927 (Item PIC/7659/19) - Piece PIC Box PS 16318 #PIC/7659/19
Title and names of family members on verso.
Portrait of William James Nomchong and Mrs. Ellen Nomchong, Clovelly, New South Wales, 1926 (Item PIC/7659/20) - Piece PIC Box PS 16318 #PIC/7659/20
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Ellen Shing, Canterbury, New South Wales, 1902 - 1903 (Item PIC/7659/21) - Piece PIC Box PS 16319 #PIC/7659/21
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Maud Shing, Canterbury, New South Wales, 1907 (Item PIC/7659/22) - Piece PIC Box PS 16320 #PIC/7659/22
Title written on verso: 'Miss Maud Shing (elder sister of Ellen Nomchong) died in 1971, aged 84 years / Canterbury NSW 1907'.
William James Nomchong and Ellen Nomchong, overlooking the ocean, Clovelly, New South Wales, 1927 (Item PIC/7659/23) - Piece PIC Box PS 16321 #PIC/7659/23
Title written on verso.
Portrait of William James Nomchong, aged 21 years, Braidwood, New South Wales, 1902 (Item PIC/7659/24) - Piece PIC Box PS 16321 #PIC/7659/24
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Ellen Nomchong, Randwick, New South Wales, 1920 (Item PIC/7659/25) - Piece PIC Box PS 16322 #PIC/7659/25
Title written on verso.
Portrait of William James Nomchong, Sydney, 1917 (Item PIC/7659/26) - Piece PIC Box PS 16322 #PIC/7659/26
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Mrs. Ellen Nomchong at Goulburn, New South Wales, 1937 (Item PIC/7659/27) - Piece PIC Box PS 16323 #PIC/7659/27
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Lionel Joseph Rowland Nomchong, aged 15 months, Sydney, 1919 (Item PIC/7659/28) - Piece PIC Box PS 16323 #PIC/7659/28
Title written on verso.
Portrait of Lionel Joseph and Mary Phyllis [with their father William James Nomchong], Sydney, New South Wales, 1920 (Item PIC/7659/29) - Piece PIC Box PS 16324 #PIC/7659/29
Title written on verso.
Group portrait of the Nomchong family, Braidwood, New South Wales, 1902 (Item PIC/7659/31) - Piece PIC Box PS 16326 #PIC/7659/31
Title written on verso: 'Braidwood NSW 1902 / 1. Dolly Nomchong, 2. Maud Nomchong, 3. [Pail?] Nomchong, 4. Percy Nomchong / Children of N.G. Chee Dock / 5. William James Nomchong (son of N.G Nomchong'.
Group portrait of the Shing family, Canterbury, New South Wales, 1909 - 1910 (Item PIC/7659/32) - Piece PIC Box PS 16327 #PIC/7659/32
Title and names of family members on verso, including: '1. Mrs Emily Shing (nee Chu Chin), 2. Ellen Shing (daughter), 3. Maud Shing (daughter), 4. Hap Sing (Shing) Husband of Emily, 5. Francis Shing'.
Dragon Ball, Sydney, ca. 1945 (Item PIC/7659/33) - Piece PIC Box PS 16328 #PIC/7659/33
Title written on verso with numbers written on family members faces correlating to names on catalogue card.
Leigh William Nomchong, Bungendore, New South Wales, 1951 - 1952 (Item PIC/7659/34) - Piece PIC Box PS 16329 #PIC/7659/34
Title written on verso.
Mary Phillis Nomchong, Saint Anthonys Convent School, Clovelly, New South Wales, 1925 (Item PIC/7659/35) - Piece PIC Box PS 16330 #PIC/7659/35
Title written on verso.
Gregory James Nomchong overlooking ocean at grandmother, Ellen Nomchongs home, Clovelly, New South Wales, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/36) - Piece PIC Box PS 16331 #PIC/7659/36
Title written on verso.
[Group portrait of the Nomchong family], Braidwood, New South Wales, 1900 - 1901 (Item PIC/7659/37) - Piece PIC Box PS 16332 #PIC/7659/37
Title and names written on verso with numbers above family members correlating to names on verso. On verso: '1. NG Chee Dock, 2. Maud Nomchong (daughter of Chee Dock), 3. Percy Nomchong (son of Chee Dock), 4. Bill Nomchong (son of Chee Dock)'.
Lionel Joseph Nomchong, [aged] 3 years, Domain opposite Art Gallery, Sydney, 1921 (Item PIC/7659/38) - Piece PIC Box PS 16333 #PIC/7659/38
Title written on verso.
Leigh William Nomchong and David Cyril Nomchong, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/39) - Piece PIC Box PS 16333 #PIC/7659/39
Title written on verso.
Gregory James Nomchong, [aged] 6 months old, Goulburn, 1948 (Item PIC/7659/40) - Piece PIC Box PS 16334 #PIC/7659/40
Title written on verso.
Gregory James Nomchong, [aged] 9 months, Goulburn, 1948 (Item PIC/7659/41) - Piece PIC Box PS 16335 #PIC/7659/41
Title written on verso.
Gregory James Nomchong, [aged] 3 months, Braidwood Road, Goulburn, 1948 (Item PIC/7659/42) - Piece PIC Box PS 16336 #PIC/7659/42
Title written on verso.
Gregory James Nomchong with Grandmother, Mrs Ellen Nomchong, Goulburn, 1948 (Item PIC/7659/43) - Piece PIC Box PS 16337 #PIC/7659/43
Title written on verso.
Lionel Nomchong, Mary N[omchong], Ellen Nomchong, and Joan N[omchong], Goulburn, 1940 (Item PIC/7659/44) - Piece PIC Box PS 16338 #PIC/7659/44
Title written on verso.
Ellen N[omchong], William James Nomchong, Mary Elizabeth N[omchong], and Lionel Joseph N[omchong], Randwick, New South Wales, 1920 (Item PIC/7659/45) - Piece PIC Box PS 16338 #PIC/7659/45
Title written on verso.
E.C.T.S Officers and N.C.Os School Bren Gun Carrier School Squad, [n.d.] (Item PIC/7659/46) - Piece PIC Box PS 16339 #PIC/7659/46
Title written on verso: '….4th from Right Sergeant Lionel Nomchong (instructor) Nx 13196, 5th from Right Lieutenant Keith Harris (later Colonel Provost Marshal, 9th Division, A.I.F)'.
Gregory James N., Cyril James Curtis (brother of Joyce Nomchong), and David Cyril Nomchong on the farm and orchard , at Ferndale Springs Road, Narellan via Camden, New South Wales, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/47) - Piece PIC Box PS 16340 #PIC/7659/47
Title written on verso.
Mrs Joyce Nomchong and son, Gregory James Nomchong born 12 January 1948 at Thornes Bridge, Braidwood Road, Goulburn, New South Wales, 1948 (Item PIC/7659/48) - Piece PIC Box PS 16341 #PIC/7659/48
Title written on verso.
Leigh William Nomchong (grandson), Mrs Ellen Nomchong, and Kerry Elizabeth Nomchong (granddaughter) at Thornes Bridge, Braidwood Road, Goulburn, New South Wales, 1954 (Item PIC/7659/49) - Piece PIC Box PS 16342 #PIC/7659/49
Title written on verso.
Ellen Nomchong, Goulburn, 1942 (Item PIC/7659/50) - Piece PIC Box PS 16343 #PIC/7659/50
Title written on verso.
Kerry Elizabeth Nomchong (Granddaughter), Clovelly, New South Wales, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/51) - Piece PIC Box PS 16344 #PIC/7659/51
Title written on verso.
Kerry Elizabeth Nomchong, Ferndale, New South Wales, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/52) - Piece PIC Box PS 16345 #PIC/7659/52
Title written on verso.
[Group portrait taken at] home of Ellen Nomchong, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/53) - Piece PIC Box PS 16346 #PIC/7659/53
Title and names written on verso.
Gregory James, Leigh William, and Kerry Elizabeth at home of grandmother, Mrs Florence Mary Curtis, Ferndale Springs Road, Elderslie via Camden, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/54) - Piece PIC Box PS 16347 #PIC/7659/54
Title written on verso.
[Group portrait taken at] Clovelly, New South Wales, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/55) - Piece PIC Box PS 16348 #PIC/7659/55
Title and names written on verso.
Mr Don. Johnson and Mrs Ellen Nomchong, Moore Park, Sydney, 1953 (Item PIC/7659/56) - Piece PIC Box PS 16349 #PIC/7659/56
Title written on verso.
Lionel Joseph Nomchong with first son Gregory James Nomchong, Thornes Bridge, Braidwood Road, Goulburn, 1948 (Item PIC/7659/57) - Piece PIC Box PS 16350 #PIC/7659/57
Title written on verso.
William James Nomchong [aged] 4 or 5 years, Braidwood, 1885 - 1886 (Item PIC/7659/58) - Piece PIC Box PS 16351 #PIC/7659/58
Title written on verso.
Lionel Joseph Nomchong with son, Gregory James N[omchong], Goulburn, New South Wales, 1949 (Item PIC/7659/59) - Piece PIC Box PS 16352 #PIC/7659/59
Title written on verso.
Kerry Elizabeth N., Gregory James N., Leigh William N., and David Cyril N., taken at home of grandmother, Mrs Ellen N. 'Antonius', Victory Street, Clovelly, New South Wales, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/60) - Piece PIC Box PS 16353 #PIC/7659/60
Title written on verso: 'Kerry Elizabeth N. 8 years, Gregory James N. 10 years, Leigh William N. 3 years, and David Cyril N. 5 years, taken at home of grandmother, mrs Ellen N. "Antonius" Victory St, Clovelly New South Wales'.
Leigh William Nomchong [aged] 2.5 years, Clovelly, New South Wales, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/61) - Piece PIC Box PS 16353 #PIC/7659/61
Title written on verso.
Ellen Shing and Maud Shing, Canterbury, New South Wales, 1898 (Item PIC/7659/62) - Piece PIC Box PS 16354 #PIC/7659/62
Title written on verso: 'Ellen Shing Born Canterbury NSW 1891 and Born Araluen NSW 1884'.
Gregory James Nomchong, born 12 January 1948, Goulburn, New South Wales, 1948 (Item PIC/7659/63) - Piece PIC Box PS 16355 #PIC/7659/63
Title written on verso.
Leigh William N., Mary Phyllis N., Kerry Elizabeth N., and Gregory James Nomchong, [n.d.] (Item PIC/7659/64) - Piece PIC Box PS 16356 #PIC/7659/64
Title written on verso.
Mary Phillis Nomchong, Lionel Joseph Nomchong, and Leigh William Nomchong, Clovelly, New South Wales, 1956 (Item PIC/7659/65) - Piece PIC Box PS 16357 #PIC/7659/65
Title written on verso.
Nanay Pang, Ellen Nomchong, Joan Francis Nomchong, Henry Pang (Doctor at Canberra 1978), and Lionel Joseph Nomchong, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, 1983 (Item PIC/7659/66) - Piece PIC Box PS 16358 #PIC/7659/66
Title written on verso.
Ellen Nomchong with Grandson Gregory James Nomchong, [n.d.] (Item PIC/7659/67) - Piece PIC Box PS 16359 #PIC/7659/67
Title written on verso.
William James Nomchongs Market Gardens, Goulburn, December 1914 (Item PIC/7659/68) - Piece PIC Box PS 16360 #PIC/7659/68
Title written on verso.
Ellen Nomchang, Shark Island, Sydney Harbour, 1924 (Item PIC/7659/69) - Piece PIC Box PS 16361 #PIC/7659/69
Title written on verso.
[Group portrait], Chinese Markey Gardens (owned by Charlie Wing), Kenmore, Goulburn, 1939 (Item PIC/7659/70) - Piece PIC Box PS 16362 #PIC/7659/70
Title and names written on verso with numbers on family members correlating to names on verso.
[Group portrait including] NG Chee Dock, Maud (daughter of Chee Dock) and W.J Nomchong, Braidwood, New South Wales, 1900 (Item PIC/7659/71) - Piece PIC Box PS 16363 #PIC/7659/71
Title and names written on verso with numbers on family members correlating to names on verso.