無師自曉 Wu shi zi xiao, The self-educator
| Subject | Foreign workers, Chinese |
| Language and languages | |
| Chinese language | |
| Books | |
| Australia–Emigration and immigration—History | |
| Category | 1. Settlement |
| Author | Johnson, Sun |
| Place Of Publication | Sydney |
| Keywords | Occupations |
| Social conditions | |
| Person | Johnson, Sun |
| Current Holder | National Library of Australia |
| Period Of Reference | 1892/1892 |
| Item Number | 216435 |
| Access Rights | Digitised |
| Rights | Out of Copyright |
| Country Of Origin | Australia |
| Place | Sydney |
| Language | Chinese |
| English | |
| Description From Source | 178 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 Format | Books |
| Related Resources | https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4334/ |
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