Chinese market gardener, c1880s

Chinese market gardener, c1880s

Description

This is a black-and-white photograph showing A H Wong, a Chinese market gardener in Brisbane, watering a bed of what appear to be vigorous cabbages or cauliflowers. He uses a traditional Chinese method of watering - a shoulder yoke or pole with a large watering can at each end. He wears protection from the sun - a hat and long-sleeved shirt. The perimeter of the vegetable garden meets native bush.

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