Quong's Bakery wrapping paper

Wax wrapping paper used by Quong's Bakery.

Donna Quong’s father Eddie owned a much-loved bakery in Chinatown. Donna, who worked in the bakery as a youngster, remembers the burns on her arms from putting loaves into the ovens. She spoke of discovering this long-lost piece of wax wrapping. The wax paper she said was considered a modern invention for the bakery in the 1970’s because prior to that, people just got handed their loaves of bread. Quong’s bakery was destroyed during Cyclone Tracy in 1974.

Source: Jane Hutcheon's Show & Tell - Top End Stories