Author: Chinese Australian Historical Society
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CAHS/SAG Chinese Australian Research Interest Group session on Oral History
Read more: CAHS/SAG Chinese Australian Research Interest Group session on Oral HistoryDr Sophie Couchman will be in conversation with Christopher Cheng and Kiko Ko about what they have learnt, conducting oral history interviews in Cantonese > BOOK NOW …
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A glimpse of vintage Hong Kong – join us on a Walking Tour of Hurstville
Read more: A glimpse of vintage Hong Kong – join us on a Walking Tour of HurstvilleSaturday, 30 September 2023 CAHS Mid-Autumn Festival Walking Tour of Hurstville Date: Saturday, 30 September 2023. Time: 11.15 am sharp, 11.30 am start. Cost: $35 (includes tour and light refreshments). Discover Hurstville’s rich intangible seam of Cantonese history, Cantonese food and cultural heritage on a walking tour of Forest Road Hurstville with Kevin Tang, Secretary…
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CAHS/SAG Chinese Australian Research Interest Group
Read more: CAHS/SAG Chinese Australian Research Interest GroupJoin Kira Brown and Michael Williams for the next Chinese Australian Research Interest Group session on ‘Material objects in Australian Chinese family history’.
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Chinese Australian Historical Society Annual General Meeting
Read more: Chinese Australian Historical Society Annual General MeetingDate: Saturday 3rd December, 10 am – 12.00pm.Venue: Carmichael Theatre, Sydney’s Mechanic’s School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney.This will be an in -person presentation with on-line streaming via Zoom.Cost: Attendance at the AGM is free. The AGM will be followed by a celebratory Chinese banquet lunch at 12.30 pm, to mark the occasion of the Society’s 20th…
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Henry Chan Annual Lecture -7 Nov 22
Read more: Henry Chan Annual Lecture -7 Nov 22Join us in person or by Zoom for this year’s Henry Chan lecture, San Ren Xing 三人行 (Walking among Three People): Some Reflections on Chinese Australians in Diplomacy, to be presented by distinguished speaker Dr Jocelyn Chey, AM. Dr Chey AM is Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney and Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney…
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2002-2022: A Symposium: Rethinking the Chinese Australian Historical Society
Read more: 2002-2022: A Symposium: Rethinking the Chinese Australian Historical SocietyA major event to celebrate the Society’s 20th Anniversary is a symposium reviewing the evolution and legacies of the Chinese AustralianHistorical Society from its establishment in 2002 to 2022. Here is your chance to discuss issues and solutions to ensure the organisation’s survival andgrowth for the next twenty years. The review will in turn lead…
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Glimpsing Vintage Hong Kong: A walking tour of Hurstville
Read more: Glimpsing Vintage Hong Kong: A walking tour of HurstvilleCAHS event for History Week 2022 香港 汇美 Date: Saturday 10th September, Time: 11am- 12 noon Meeting point: All participants are to make their way to Hurstville independently and to meet the tour group at the front entrance of Hurstville Railway Station (near the Westpac Bank) on Forest Road at 10.45am. The tour starts at 11am sharp.…
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South Flows the Pearl: Chinese Australian Voices
Read more: South Flows the Pearl: Chinese Australian VoicesSydney Lunar Festival Associated Event Date: Saturday 29 January 2022 Time: 2.30pm to 3.30pm (AEDT) Venue: Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney. This presentation is also by Zoom RSVP to email lowekelley@bigpond.com Cost: FREE In the 1980s Mavis Gock Yen began interviewing elderly Chinese Australians, recording hours ofconversations. These conversations and stories of…
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Yellow Shadows on a White Land – by Gordon Mar
Read more: Yellow Shadows on a White Land – by Gordon MarChanging attitudes towards mixed marriages Date: Saturday 30 October 2021 Time: 2.30 pm – 4.00 pm Venue: This presentation is via Zoom Registration link Or, RSVP to my email lowekelley@bigpond.com Cost: FREE This Presentation is by Gordon Mar, whose parents migrated to Australia in the 1920’s from Zhongshan, Guandong Province, China. Gordon is Australian born and educated, now retired after…
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Wanning Sun
Read more: Wanning SunMulticultural Citizenship Re Imagined: Engaging Migrants form China By: Dr Wanning Sun, Dr Stephen FitzGerald
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Tracing Chinese families in Queensland through records created by government agencies
Read more: Tracing Chinese families in Queensland through records created by government agenciesPresented by Dr Hilda Maclean Dr Hilda McClean gives an overview of Chinese Australian history as it relates to those researching their family with special emphasis on Queensland related files and also those with both Chinese and Indigenous heritage.
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Sun Kum Tiy
Read more: Sun Kum TiyAfter service in the Ever Victorious Army under Lieutenant Colonel Charles “Chinese” Gordon during the Taiping Rebellion, Kum Tiy arrived in Sydney around 1864–1865. He immediately set up the merchant business Sun Kum Tiy & Company, Sydney. In time, his merchant empire included some dozens of branch stores in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand and…