Category: Past Events
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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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Chinatown Walking Tour
Read more: Chinatown Walking TourKing Fong – pioneer of Chinatown Walking Tours Welcome to our exciting new series of discussions with a wide variety of researchers of Chinese Australian History.
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Shirley Fitzgerald “Poison of Polygamy” book launch
Read more: Shirley Fitzgerald “Poison of Polygamy” book launchThe first novel of Chinese Australia, written 1910, translated 2019 by Ely Finch and launched by Dr Shirley Fitzgerald. read more
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Potstickers & Panning
Read more: Potstickers & PanningOpium Wars, conflict and fortuity — from Canton to Tingha via Ballarat — the separate journeys of three Chinese men, their interconnecting lives and interracial relationships.
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Otto Sing – First Chinese Australian Lawyer
Read more: Otto Sing – First Chinese Australian LawyerA Presentation by Malcolm Oakes Otto Kong Sing (1871-1917) was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales on 9 March 1895. To date, no earlier person of Chinese descent has been identified as having been admitted as a solicitor or barrister in NSW or any other Australian colony. After practising in Sydney for several…
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History Week Talk 2017
Read more: History Week Talk 2017rom fish and chips shop staples, the Dim Sim and Chiko Roll, a wok in almost every household, the Aussie student staple of instant noodles, to the celebration of Chinese New Year, Australians have long embraced Chinese culture. Join Claudia Chan Shaw for a look a how so much of the Chinese DNA has become…
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Using the National Archives
Read more: Using the National ArchivesThe National Archives of Australia has many records, including CEDT’s, which will be of value in tracing your family history. Dr Michael Williams will provide an overview of the many archives generated by the Immigration Restriction Act that can assist you today
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“Chinese” Morrison from a Chinese perspective.
Read more: “Chinese” Morrison from a Chinese perspective.By visiting scholar Dr Bing Chen of Peking University. G. E. Morrison’s career in China can be divided into two stages, one being as the first and most prestigious resident China Correspondent from 1897 to 1912 for the London-based newspaper The Times, and the other being the chief political advisor from 1912 to 1920 to Yuan…
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[Chinese-Australian] History Week 2016
Read more: [Chinese-Australian] History Week 2016It is worth noting that this year there are four events for NSW History Week that are specifically devoted to Chinese-Australian History. Hopefully you can make it to one if not all! Neighbours Excluded: The Chinese of Papua New Guinea The Clan Associations of Chinatown From Canton to the colonies: Chinese women in 19th century…