Guide to the Papers of the Chau family

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MS 10030;MS Acc09.205;MS Acc10.171;.MS Acc10.196;MS Acc13.137

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Created: April 2021

Collection Summary

Creator
Chau Family
Title
Papers of the Chau family
Date Range
1893-2010
Collection Number
MS 10030;MS Acc09.205;MS Acc10.171;.MS Acc10.196;MS Acc13.137
Extent
1.26 metres (2 ms box + 2 folders + 1 map folio + 1 packet)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection comprises Chau family correspondence, including letters addressed to Chau King-san in Canton or Melbourne. Letters to Chau King-san sometimes use the English rendering of Kangson Joe and Joe Way Doe Tong. The collection also includes family photographs, Tong family papers, official documents, postcards and two volumes of genealogy of the Chau Family written in Chinese.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3644271).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of the Chau FamilyXXXXXXX, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file/item number(s)]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.

Collection Retrieval Advice

Please note: each class in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Item Descriptions

Class. Original Consignment

Photographs, 1897-1922 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS 10030)

Annotations in Chinese on verso describing names, dates and locations.

Correspondence from Australia, 1919-1923 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 10030)

Family letters written in Chinese calligraphy style. Includes original envelopes for each family letter.

Correspondence from Australia, 1922 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 10030)

Family letters written in Chinese calligraphy style. Includes original envelopes and a Chinese hand written note about the family.

Correspondence from Australia, 1918-1919 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 10030)

Family and business correspondence from Australia in Chinese calligraphy style. Includes a share receipt issued by a Chinese-Australian ship freight company and a membership certificate from Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Victoria.

Correspondence from Australia, 1919-1923 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 10030)

Family letters in Chinese calligaphy style. Includes Chinese New Year cards and original envelopes.

Correspondence from Australia, 1918-1923 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 10030)

Family letters in Chinese calligaphy style. Includes Chinese New Year card and original envelopes.

Class MS Acc09.205. Consignment received 2009

Official Documents, 1893-1918 (File 1) - Box Shared

Includes two formal "offer of marriage" documents with the two decorative red envelopes. Also includes a list from the cake shop, long strips of red paper and a birth certificate in a shipping form.

Class MS Acc10.171. Consignment received Oct. 2010

Tong Family Papers, 1900-1956 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc 10.171 and MS Acc 10.196)

Includes birth certificates, educational certificates, Australian Customs document and Australian Military Forces employment appointment document.

Tong Family Papers, 1900 - 1950 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS Acc 10.171 and MS Acc 10.196)

Includes New Century Trading Co. offical letter paper. Family photographs and booklet of Heritage Trail- Toowong Cemetery in Brisbane.

Tong Family Papers, 1937 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS Acc 10.171 and MS Acc 10.196)

Family letters and school essays in Chinese, some are in Chinese calligraphy style.

Tong Family Papers, 1954-1980 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS Acc 10.171 and MS Acc 10.196)

Family letters in Chinese. Includes Christmas cards, postcards and a bank cheque.

Photographs, 1920s-1930s (File 5) - Box 1 (MS Acc 10.171 and MS Acc 10.196)

Two photograph albums of the Tong Family.

Photographs, 1920s-1930s (File 6) - Box 1 (MS Acc 10.171 and MS Acc 10.196)

Two batches of Tong Family photographs and a small batch of movie stars' photos collected by Tong Family.

Tong Family Papers, 1989-1990 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS Acc 10.171 and MS Acc 10.196)

Chinese poem by V.H. Lam about the life in Australia, Christianity, boat people. freedom, etc.

Postcards, 1920s-1930s (File 8) - Box 1 (MS Acc 10.171 and MS Acc 10.196)

Over 250 postcards depicting famous landscapes and historical sites in China.

Marriage Certificate, 1948 (File 9) - Map-Folio (MS Acc 10.171)

A large decorated Chinese certificate of marriage for Mr. Ma Pei and Ms Gan Rengin.

Class MS Acc10.196. Consignment received Dec. 2010

Genealogy of the Chau Family, 1922 (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc 10.171 and MS Acc 10.196)

Two volumes of genealogy of the Chau Family in Chinese.

Class MS Acc13.137. Consignment received 2013

Papers of the Chau Family, 1910-2010 (File 1) - Box Shared

Includes photographs, autograph book, correspondence and documents relating primarily to Madam Wong Chau Yuk-Bing's clothing collection of early 20th Century Chinese Dress.


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