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無師自曉 Wu shi zi xiao, The self-educator

SubjectForeign workers, Chinese
Language and languages
Chinese language
Books
Australia–Emigration and immigration—History
Category1. Settlement
AuthorJohnson, Sun
Place Of PublicationSydney
KeywordsOccupations
Social conditions
PersonJohnson, Sun
Current HolderNational Library of Australia
Period Of Reference 1892/1892
Item Number216435
Access RightsDigitised
Rights Out of Copyright
Country Of OriginAustralia
PlaceSydney
Language Chinese
English
Description From Source178 pages : 19 cm. Ying wen za hua, wu shi zi xiao = Chinese and English, self-educator This edition contains a Chinese preface, lists of numbers, days of the week and time-related words and is then divided into sections with words and phrases related to different occupations and situations (words for vegetablemen and fruiterers; stores; carpenters; in court; pressing for debts; applying for a situation; ordering clothes; buying clothes, shoes, socks etc; cooks; hawkers; to let houses and gardens; making bargains; on board steamers; troubles in the street; buying medicine from dispensaries). It finishes with a list of names of people and occupations and some sample documents (addressed envelope, invoice/receipt, cheque etc). There are advertisements at the beginning and scattered throughout the volume.
Physical FormatBooks
Related Resources https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4334/
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