I've just realised where we are with this picture.
This is a rare, if not unique picture of the houses on the top of Fa Peng.
From the left we are seeing House #7 with its cottage next to it. Unusually, House #7 is west facing. It has a verandah with three arches.
Then we see House #8. Not sure if we are looking at the upper floor of a two-storey building and the lower floor is below the hill top.
Both houses have pitched tiled roofs, reinforced two different ways.
Far right I think should be House #11 on a rise with its cottage next to it, lower down, south-facing. I'm not entirely convinced though. Beyond that is Lamma Island.
The house in the foreground, I think is House #13 with a cabin next to it. The angles don't work for it to be House #12. House #12 I think, is out of sight behind House #13.
House #13 is south-facing, with its annex for domestics at the rear. Flat concrete roof. No verandah.
Pictures for Tung crop, by Aldi.
Thread here.
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Australian Flag
I mentioned quite some time ago that the house at mid-right has the Australian flag flying from its roof. Perhaps a clue to the resident or mission.
Mr Mackenzie
Was Alan Mackenzie Australian? He was the owner in 1938, and possibly before then.
Re: A. H. MacKenzie
He may well be. The Reiton Diaries as mentioned here indicate he had made an extended trip to Australia in 1933/34.
Allan Henderson Mackenzie
Allan Henderson Mackenzie's obituary and last known residence on Cheung Chau appeared in the Australian newspaper, The Argus on 11 November 1947:
ALLAN HENDERSON MACKENZIE, late of 12A Cheung Chau, minister of religion, deceased. Date of death on or about 28 December 1941. Dated 10 November 1947.