A Chinese musical ensemble taking part in a procession.Greymouth.ca.1900.

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DescriptionThe Chinese musical ensemble in the photo are taking part in a procession. The person on the side of the wagon is playing a suŏnà and the instrument behind him looks like a yueqin.

On 5 July 1881, a poll tax was imposed on Chinese migrants to New Zealand. The poll tax was ₤10, around $1700 today, and only 1 Chinese passenger was allowed for every 10 tons of cargo. It was repealed in 1944, and in 2002 the NZ government officially apologised to the Chinese community for the injustice of the tax.

“Poll tax imposed on Chinese”, (n.d.). Retrieved from https://nzhistory.govt.nz/poll-tax-imposed-on-chinese

Bradshaw, J. (c2009). Golden prospects : Chinese on the West Coast of New Zealand. Greymouth, N.Z. : Shantytown (West Coast Historical & Mechanical Society).

The Gordon Howitt West Coast Historic Photograph Collection, c1900, Chinese in procession in Greymouth. (MB 1072, Ref 6881). Macmillan Brown Library, Christchurch, New Zealand.Date of Photoca.1900Map^[1]External LinkUniversity of Canterbury LibraryContributorHeather Newby

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Date Created9th December 2020CommentsAndy Bone
Kiwis... We so easily forget nz has aways been moulded by all nationality.. Not just Europe or Maori....
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Our forefathers had a few bad tendencies

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A Chinese musical ensemble taking part in a procession.Greymouth.ca.1900.

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