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Names
Queensland Museum Cross-cultural collection
IDs
QM00021
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Descriptions
The 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.
The 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
19th Century; 20th century; Migration; Numismatics; Retailing
Banknotes; Coins; Musical instruments
Kwong Sang; Kwong Sang and Co
Coverage Spatial
Indonesia; China; Finland; Toowoomba
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Dates
2012-05-30 23:40