'6083 Railway Station, German settlement, Kiau Chau, China. Quite a pretty style of building for a railway station, especially in an Oriental city.'

This stereoview card depicts the impressive German-style railway station at Kiaochow (Kiau Chau), the German colonial concession in Shandong, China, captured around the turn of the twentieth century. The building displays distinctly European Gothic Revival architecture — a striking contrast to its Chinese surroundings, as the caption itself notes.

George Rose of Melbourne is regarded as one of Australia's most accomplished stereoview publishers and photographers.

102mm by 177mm (card)

Rubbing to the edges of the card. A few marks in photographs, including pencil mark on tower in right hand photo. Some overall toning in the sky of each photograph.