• Title
  N.S.W. Chinese Anti-Opium League [Illuminated Address] presented to W. E. Johnson, Feb 19th, 1906
• Creator
  William Elliot Johnson, 1862-1932
• Call number
  V*/Ill Ad/11
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1906
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  430584
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - sight 43 x 28 cm., in mount 61 x 44.5 cm. - watercolour drawings
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Chinese Anti-Opium League was formed in 1905.
• Scope and Content
  Address reads: Dear Sir, We the undersigned on behalf of the N.S.W. Chinese Anti Opium League, request your acceptance of this small token of our appreciation of your efforts on our behalf when urging the Commonwealth Government to prohibit the further importation of Opium into Australia. We are convinced that had it not been for the keen interest you took in the matter, the splendid results achieved would never have been attained. With you we join in rejoicing at having attained our object and we have no hesitation in saying that the accomplishment will stand as a lasting monument of your efforts to alleviate those unfortunates who were unable to help themselves. We wish you and yours every success in the future and trust you will be long spared to witness the vast amount of happiness that will be wrought by the abolition of this horrible drug - We are, ...
  Signed by the Chairman Yee Hing [King?], Hon. Secretary Samuel Wong, Hon Treasurer Chan See [Sel?], followed by a translation in Chinese. Features watercolour drawings of Hong Kong harbour and Sydney Heads, bamboo and wattle / painted by [Charles E. S.] Tindall.
• Language
  Chinese, English
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Digital order no:a128455
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled from item
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Tindall, Charles E. S., 1863-1951
  
• Name
  N.S.W. Chinese Anti-Opium League
  
• Topic
  bamboos (plants)
  Chinese characters
  Chinese peoples
  clubs, associations, societies etc.
  illuminated documents
  opium
  politicians
  Sydney golden wattle
  
• Place
  Hong Kong
  North Head (Port Jackson, N.S.W.)
  Sydney Heads (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3192960

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