The first place the Bohemian entered turned out to be an opium ... women of the town.” The nastiest part of the area was a row of cabins the World’s reporter found to be “more or less dens ...

Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in an era when it was a ... show how Chinese became 'respectable' during the opium trade and strong anti-racial sentiment ...

Is the skull a reminder of the transitory nature of life? I also think of the Victorian Opium dens in London and the influence of and trade with the Chinese people who ran the dens. It makes me ...