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9.30am - 5.00pm

Closed
Christmas Day

Location:

1 - 11 Bridge Street Bendigo
Victoria Australia
Postal Address: PO Box 877
Bendigo VIC 3552
Telephone: +61 3 5441 5044
Facsimile: +61 3 5443 3127
info@goldendragonmuseum.org

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The Bendigo Chinese Association has unofficially been around since the Chinese arrived in Bendigo 

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EXHIBITS AND COLLECTIONS

1880s textile collection of the Bendigo Chinese Association
 
The Bendigo Chinese Association imported costumes from Canton (Guangzhou) for the Easter Fair in 1882. More pieces were imported for the 1892 fair, and early in the twentieth century, the dwindling Beechworth Chinese community donated items dating from the 1870s. These historic processional costumes combine to create a rich and diverse cast of symbolic characters that originate from the highly theatrical world of Chinese opera.

Images of the collection

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1880s textile collection of the Bendigo Chinese Association Book

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