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Read more: Henry Chan Annual Lecture -7 Nov 22
Join 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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Read more: 2002-2022: A Symposium: Rethinking the Chinese Australian Historical Society
A 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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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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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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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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Read more: Wanning SunMulticultural Citizenship Re Imagined: Engaging Migrants form China By: Dr Wanning Sun, Dr Stephen FitzGerald
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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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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…