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A Chinese man identified as Aleck King of Caltowie [PRG 280/1/3/304] • Photograph

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Summary

A Chinese man identified as Aleck King of Caltowie who had lived in South Australia for sixty-one years, had been naturalised for forty years, and was returning to China for a visit.

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Physical description

photograph; 15 x 10.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1914

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Chinese -- South Australia -- Caltowie

Catalogue record

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General notes

Portrait.

Historical information

Information form a researcher: 'Aleck married Emily Parsons, formerly of Dorset, in Adelaide and they moved to Caltowie where he became a market gardener. The Caltowie correspondent for The Areas Express, 9 June 1877, page 3, reports: "A Chinaman named King has started a garden in this township, and he has now a fine lot of vegetables coming on rapidly". The couple do not appear to have had children. Emily King died at Caltowie, aged 67, on 24 August 1907. Her husband Alick placed death notices in several SA newspapers and had a large white marble headstone erected on her grave at Caltowie Cemetery.

Digitisation information

Date

31/07/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,191 x 3,141 pixels (6.9 MP)

Size

6.89 MB

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