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Post by NZBC on Dec 11, 2010 13:54:11 GMT 12
www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/38372/images-chinese-settlers-internet Archives New Zealand has posted online the portraits of more than 40 Chinese men who lived in Otago in the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. The portraits were taken by studio photographers for the men's certificates of registration - official documents predating passports which all New Zealand residents not born in Britain had to obtain from the controller of customs in order to re-enter New Zealand after a period overseas. The photographs were inspected when the traveller returned to this country and used to ensure the traveller was someone who had already lived here, archivist Vivienne Cuff said yesterday. Archives New Zealand's Dunedin branch held the 1248 certificates issued by the local controllers of customs between 1881 and the early 1950s, Miss Cuff said. gallery.archives.govt.nz/v/dunedin/Chinese+Portraits/
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