Quong Tart and family - Papers, 1831-1940

Item

Title
Quong Tart and family - Papers, 1831-1940
Subject
Immigrants' writings, Chinese
Chinese--Migrations
New South Wales--History
Newspapers
Business records
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Tart, Quong
Parkes, Henry, Sir
Keywords
Trade
Person
Tart, Quong
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference 
1831 – 1940
Date
April 18, 1831
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Dr4KR39
Series number
MLMSS 5094/Boxes 1, 3 , MLMSS 5094/vols. 2X, 4X, 5X , MLMSS 5094/Item 6X
Item number
1Dr4KR39
Access rights
Request at location
Rights 
Partially digitised, Digital order no: Album ID: 824046
Country of origin
Australia
Place
Braidwood
Ashfield
Language 
Chinese
English
Description from source
2 boxes, 3 outsize volumes and 1 outsize item - manuscript, typescript, clippings, printed

1877-1901; Letters received by Quong Tart, his family, and `representatives of the Chinese community in NSW', being mainly thanks for addresses presented (Call No.: CY 4554, frames 1-83: MLMSS 5094/1/1)
1881-1903; Letters of introduction for Quong Tart by i.a. Sir Henry Parkes, Sir William Robinson, Sir George Dibbs, William Kelynack, Royal Miners Refuge Lodge, Braidwood; nd addresses to Quong Tart (Call No.: CY 4554, frames 84-104: MLMSS 5094/1/2)
1883-1884; Petitions to NSW Parliament and a draft of a pamphlet, on the supression of opium in NSW (Call No.: CY 4554, frames 105-138: MLMSS 5094/1/3)
1902; Letters (in Chinese) received by Quong Tart concerning an assault made on him; the crest of Quong Tart in Chinese characters (Call No.: CY 4554, frames 139-157: MLMSS 5094/1/4)
Undated, 1903; Greeting cards to the Tart family; condolence cards received by Margaret Tart following the death of Quong Tart (Call No.: CY 4554, frames 158-192: MLMSS 5094/1/5)
1901-1903; Accounts ledger (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/vol. 2X)
MISCELLANEOUS PRINTED MATERIAL
18 April 1831; Sydney Herald (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/3/1)
2 January 1901; Sydney Morning Herald (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/3/1)
1885-1902; Invitations, menus, concert programmes (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/3/2)
1894?; Visiting cards received in Portuguese Macau (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/3/3)
1894-1913; Newscuttings from an envelope labelled `Q.T.' (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/3/4)
1894; `Official report of anti-opium demonstration' (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/3/5)
1900; Prospectus of the Quong Tart tea company (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/3/6)
1882-1894; Scrapbook of newscuttings compiled by Margaret Tart (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/vol. 4X)
1886-1903; Scrapbook of newscuttings compiled by Margaret Tart (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/vol. 5X)
Undated, 1888; Addresses to i.a. Earl of Hopetoun, Earl of Jersey and Sir Robert Duff, from Quong Tart and `members of the Chinese community in NSW' (Call No.: MLMSS 5094/Item 6X)
Physical format
Manuscripts
Newspapers
Tickets
Postcards
Related resources 
https://www.sag.org.au/resources/Documents/Resources/Tart%20McEvoy%20Papers%202019.pdf
https://www.sag.org.au/Tart-McEvoy-Papers
Bibliographic citation
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/W8UGIE62/ https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/8937EBWS/
Date accessed
October 24, 2022