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Names

Name PrimaryQueensland Museum Cross-cultural collection

IDs

ID LocalQM00021

ID UriOffline Only

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionThe Museum has a growing collection representing the diversity of cultural communities in Queensland. This collection includes musical instruments, flags, national costumes and dolls. A significant subset includes a large collection of shop stock from Kwong Sang & Co, Chinese merchants based in Toowoomba.

Full DescriptionThe Museum has a growing collection representing the diversity of cultural communities in Queensland. This collection includes musical instruments, flags, national costumes and dolls. Significant subsets include - A large collection of shop stock from Kwong Sang & Co, Chinese merchants and importers who were based in Toowoomba from the 1880s. The Kwong Sang collection includes a calendar, jewellery, a shop window and many Chinese cultural objects, which relate to a significant era for Chinese-Australian relations. Also included are ceremonial flags from the Tully Suomi Seura (Finnish Society), Australia's second oldest Finnish Society and banknotes and coins from around the world.

Subjects

local19th Century; 20th century; Migration; Numismatics; Retailing

pontBanknotes; Coins; Musical instruments

person_orgKwong Sang; Kwong Sang and Co

Coverage Spatial

TextIndonesia; China; Finland; Toowoomba

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:40