Chinatown 1943 – Broome

Item

Title
Chinatown 1943 – Broome
Subject
Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
Chinese--Migrations
Western Australia
Photographs
Political parties
Category
5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
Author
Griffin, Allan
Place
Broome
Keywords
Chinese Australian
Creator
Broome Historical Society & Museum
Current holder
Broome Historical Society & Museum
Date
1943
Link
https://www.mosaiconline.com.au/broomehistoricalsocietyinc~objects~o3104/item?27
Series number 
2006.508
Item number 
O3104
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Broome Historical Society Inc.
Country of origin 
Australia
Language
Chinese
English
Description from source 
Description
Photographs taken by Allan Griffin, a soldier with the RAAF who was posted to Broome in the years following the Air Raid.
a) Allan Griffin sitting on verandah of Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomin Tang) office and library in 1943. All buildings in Shiba Lane are disused and evacuated due to the war.
b) Buildings down Shiba Lane 1943.
c) Fong Sam Bakery on the corner Short & Carnarvon Streets.
Physical format 
Photographs
Related resources 
https://collectionswa.net.au/items/1ec81b9e-553b-45fd-9b0d-9aba9e665644
https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/images/4576/
File
CHINATOWN 1943