Heritage Advocacy
The Chinese Australian Historical Society has been active in supporting the heritage listing of 50-54 Dixon Street, 90-100 Hay Street, and 75-77 Ultimo Road in Sydney’s Chinatown Precinct.
82-84 Dixon St, Haymarket, Sydney
Formerly Kwong War Chong & Co, served as a vital general store and remittance agency for Chinese settlers for nearly a century.
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90-100 Hay Street, Haymarket
Originally, municipal stores became a centre for Chinese Australian wholesalers who played a pioneer role in the banana and vegetable trade.
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75-77 Ultimo Road
Served as the headquarters of the Chinese Nationalist Party of Australia (Kuo Min Tang) since 1921.
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Members of the Committee have also been effective in heritage matters in Cooktown, Queensland.
The Society’s Heritage Committee is keen to encourage wider recognition of Chinese Australian heritage across the country. If you know of places and sites worthy of recognition, please get in touch with the Society’s Heritage Committee via contact.cahs@gmail.com
A Select List of Chinese Australian Heritage Sites and Buildings Australia-wide
New South Wales:
The Yiu Ming Temple in Alexandria and the Sze Yup Temple & Joss House in Glebe; Chinese market garden sites at La Perouse, Banksia (Arncliffe), Kogarah (Toomevara Lane), Rockdale (Kyeemagh); and the Chinese Graves and Burner at Nyngan Cemetery (NSW State Heritage Inventory).
Northern Territory:
Brocks Creek and the 12 Mile Chinatown settlements, and the battery at Douglas-Daly (NT Heritage Register).
Queensland:
Hou Wang Miau (Atherton) and the Holy Triad temple (Brisbane); the Mount Morgan and Cooktown cemeteries and Chinese shrines; the See Poy House in Innisfail; and the settlement sites at Croydon, Cairns, Herberton, Ravenswood, and Maytown (Queensland Heritage Register).
South Australia:
The Chinese Memorial, Robe (SA Heritage Places Database).
Tasmania:
Chinese Memorial and Graves at Moorina and Weldborough Cemeteries; Garibaldi Miners’ Township; and the site of Ah Moy’s Store at Branxholm (Tasmanian Heritage Register).
Victoria:
Sum Kum Lee in the heart of Melbourne’s Chinatown constructed for merchant Lowe Kong Meng; the Sam Yup Society’s Num Pon Soon clubhouse; the Chinese Mission Church; South Melbourne’s See Yup Temple; the Bendigo Chinese Temple; Peter Ah Sen’s sawmill at Omeo; the Bright Chinese Camp site; and the Vaughan Chinese Cemetery (Victorian Heritage Database).
Western Australia:
Chinese Herbalist’s shops in Northbridge in Perth; the Chinese section of the Broome Cemetery; and the buildings and sites comprising Broome’s Chinatown Conservation Area (Heritage Council Western Australia State Register).
Heritage Websites:
Our Chinese Past
Scattered Legacy
Two Centuries of Chinese Heritage in Western Australia