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(1) A Chinese hatter on the Molyneux River. The cradle is placed on a tongue of rock projecting into the yellow stream, which forms the background. (2) A Chinese hydraulic elevating claim in Spec Gully, Naseby. (3) Chinese sluicing claim at Round Hill. (4) The missionaries climbing a hill. (5) The Old Man. This rock tops the Obelisk Range at a height of 5700 ft above the sea. It is nearly 60ft high, and from 20ft to 24ft along the base. The region is very bleak, and though this photo was taken in midsummer one side of the rock was white with snow (a sprinkling is seen to the right). A fog obscured the surrounding country. (6) Chinese cave dwellings on the Conroy Gully, Centra. Otago Hundreds of similar caves are found on the banks of the Molyneux between Cromwell and Roxburgh. (7) Chinese miner's hut in Four-Mile Creek, Hyde. (8) Chinese miner's hut at Round Hill. One of the group is a member of the Chinese Mission Church. (9) An open-air meeting at Upper Kyeburn.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2454, 27 March 1901, Page 33

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(1) A Chinese hatter on the Molyneux River. The cradle is placed on a tongue of rock projecting into the yellow stream, which forms the background. (2) A Chinese hydraulic elevating claim in Spec Gully, Naseby. (3) Chinese sluicing claim at Round Hill. (4) The missionaries climbing a hill. (5) The Old Man. This rock tops the Obelisk Range at a height of 5700 ft above the sea. It is nearly 60ft high, and from 20ft to 24ft along the base. The region is very bleak, and though this photo was taken in midsummer one side of the rock was white with snow (a sprinkling is seen to the right). A fog obscured the surrounding country. (6) Chinese cave dwellings on the Conroy Gully, Centra. Otago Hundreds of similar caves are found on the banks of the Molyneux between Cromwell and Roxburgh. (7) Chinese miner's hut in Four-Mile Creek, Hyde. (8) Chinese miner's hut at Round Hill. One of the group is a member of the Chinese Mission Church. (9) An open-air meeting at Upper Kyeburn. Otago Witness, Issue 2454, 27 March 1901, Page 33

(1) A Chinese hatter on the Molyneux River. The cradle is placed on a tongue of rock projecting into the yellow stream, which forms the background. (2) A Chinese hydraulic elevating claim in Spec Gully, Naseby. (3) Chinese sluicing claim at Round Hill. (4) The missionaries climbing a hill. (5) The Old Man. This rock tops the Obelisk Range at a height of 5700 ft above the sea. It is nearly 60ft high, and from 20ft to 24ft along the base. The region is very bleak, and though this photo was taken in midsummer one side of the rock was white with snow (a sprinkling is seen to the right). A fog obscured the surrounding country. (6) Chinese cave dwellings on the Conroy Gully, Centra. Otago Hundreds of similar caves are found on the banks of the Molyneux between Cromwell and Roxburgh. (7) Chinese miner's hut in Four-Mile Creek, Hyde. (8) Chinese miner's hut at Round Hill. One of the group is a member of the Chinese Mission Church. (9) An open-air meeting at Upper Kyeburn. Otago Witness, Issue 2454, 27 March 1901, Page 33