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The Atherton temple (Hou Wang Miau) Constructed in Chinatown in 1902-3. Interior of the Atherton temple (Hou Wang Miau) Constructed in Chinatown in 1902-3. Business sign from a See Poy & Son’s building, Innisfail Bath from the Japanese bath-house that was built on Thursday Island about 1900
Japanese gravestones, Thursday Island An example of Italian ornamental tile flooring at the Noorla Hotel, Ingham Examples of Italian ornamental tile flooring at the East Ingham Hotel Phyllis (Harumi) Ah Loy’s maternal grandmother
Phyllis (Harumi) Ah Loy’s mother Tei Shiosaki Phyllis (Harumi) Ah Loy Yamashita Haruyoshi, about 1947 Tei Shiosaki, about 1947
Pearl divers who worked for William Ah Loy. From left Ernest Kebisu, Sam Lewin, Jimmy Durante and Vincent Durante, about 1960 Chinese Gold Balance Cane Knives Pearlshell and buttons
Cane Cutters’ Monument, Innisfail Ali Drummond at home, Thursday Island, April 1999 Ali coming up from a dive George Fong On in China
Ernest Fong On, 1999 Grace Fong On, 1999 John Fong On (front) and his wife Violet, 1999 John Fong with his wife Violet outside the Atherton temple (Hou Wang Miau)Constructed in Chinatown in 1902-3 Pearlshell
Pearlshell showing button cutouts Japanese bath excavated in 1998 at the original site of the bath-house in ‘little Yokohama’. The tiles (242 x 242 x 16mm) are possibly of Chinese origin, imported to Japan and transhipped to Australia. Ali Drummond at home, Thursday Island, April 1999 Oil lamp brought to North Queensland by Genoeffa Barbera in 1915
Jennie Di Blasi at age three, Tatura Internment Camp Group, Vic., 1942. Turtle-shaped trinket box carved from mallee root by Carmelo at Loveday, about 1942 Trinket box made for Jennie from scrap wood by Carmelo, about 1943 Jennie Di Blasi, 1999
Plaster of Paris head of Jennie aged three years sculptured by Giovanni Fontanella at Tatura, about 1943 Giovanni Fontanella and Jennie Di Blasi become acquainted again in 1999 Giovanni Fontanella in 1999, re-united with the sculptured head of Jennie Di Blasi which he created while interned

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