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Asian Studies ProgramChinese AustraliaGuestbookPlease email cha@latrobe.edu.au with your message and we will post a message to our the guest book as soon as possible. Posted on: 25 June 2009 My great great grandmother, Sarah Jane Styles was born in Bristol, England.
In the 1850s in Victoria, Sarah married Chong (or possibly Chin), who
was born in Canton. Sarah had a shop in the goldfields. They had a daughter,
Elizabeth Chong (some records show Chin) who married William King Gee.
Two of their children were Bertie Carrington King Gee born 1890 in Redfern
NSW and my grandmother, Lilia (Leila) G. E. King Gee born 1894 in Sydney.
William King Gee possibly returned to Canton. Cecile Iacono Posted on: 12 February 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, Victoria
VENUE: Sovereign Hill Museums Association, Ballarat, Victoria (www.sovereignhill.com.au)
While we would no longer say that the history of the Chinese inAustralia is hidden or neglected, where do these new stories fit within the wider narrative of Australian history? What are the challenges involved in communicating and interpreting these new perspectives, with their inherent complexity and contradictions, to broader audiences? One of the major aims of this conference is to bring together these new historical understandings about early Chinese-Australians, and consider their place within broader histories of Australia and the Chinese diaspora. Another aim is to create a forum for how these stories might be interpreted in the classroom, and at cultural heritage sites and museums.
This conference welcomes papers from a wide range of disciplines, including history, archeology, tourism, cultural studies, education, and museum/heritage studies.
We are particularly interested in work that: Tells about early Chinese-Australian history from Chinese-Australian
perspectives. THEMES: Chinese goldseekers and their legacy PRESENTATIONS:
Papers – Standard session presentations should be 20 mins long (with 10 mins allowed for question time). Panels – We’d welcome panel submissions. Our suggested formats for the panels are: · 3 x 20 min papers with a coherent theme, or · Up to 5 speakers on a discussion panel (approx 10 mins each, with at least 40 mins for discussion)
Abstracts (max 200 words), with speakers’ full contact details and short biographical notes (max 100 words) should be sent to keirreeves@iprimus.com.auBY MONDAY 18 MAY 2009.
Enquiries about the conference should be directed to keirreeves@iprimus.com.au Posted on: 24 January 2009 I am trying to find out more details about my grandfather's father. My grandfather's name was George Albert Ernest Ah Lyee (although he later changed his name to 'Lee'). He was born at Linton, Victoria, on 25 October 1894. His father was known as Ah Lyee, later adding the names of William Henry. His parents were Pew Chun, born in 1813 in Canton, Kuang-tung, China and his mother was Him Sing, born in 1817 in the same place. They were married in the same location in 1838. As far as we know my great gradnfather was their only child, although there are no records that I have been able to find that confirm that. He worked as a miner in Linton, Victoria and on 4 November 1884 he married Florence Jane Wrathall. He and his wife had seven children. My grandfather, George, was the sixth child. Ah Lyee died on 29 January 1900 in Linton, Shire of Gremille, County of Gremille at the age of 62 years. His wife died one year prior to his death. His wife is listed as buried in the Linton Cemetery. Any further details of William Henry Ah Lyee would be appreciated. Marie J. Wright Posted on: 24 January 2009 I am Diane Craw nee Kaye, of Chinese descent. My great grandfather migrated
to Sydney and was naturalised in 1890s. He is buried in the Bathurst Catholic
cemetery with his wife Mary Kaye nee Nuttall. His naturalisation paper
have his name as Ah Khee. My dad said his grandfather’s family name was
Wong or Chong, After naturalisation he was named William Kaye. Have been
interested to find out more. Diane Craw (nee Kaye) Posted on: 28 November 2008 I am researching the part played by Australians of Chinese descent in
the 1st AIF 1914-1919. To date, using the records of the National Archives
and the Australian War Memorial, I have authenticated the Chinese ancestry
of 197 Chinese-Australian Diggers who have names that are recognisably
Chinese in origin e.g. Wong, Loong, Yip and a few that are not. Many young
Chinese-Australians, especially those of mixed parentage, enlisted under
their mother's maiden name (particularly if it was European) or an alias
to persuade the Recruiting Officers that they were of European descent.
Do any of your readers know of any family ancestors who might have done
this? I would be happy to research any names put forward and forward the
results to the contributor at no charge. Alastair Kennedy Posted on: 21 October 2008 Holsworth, Carol, Chinese in Echuca-Moama: A Chronicle 1850s-1930, Echuca: Echuca Historical Society, 2008 An interesting collection of stories and reports about our eaerly settlement and the involvement of the Chinese community in this exciting riverboat town. Copies available from the Echurch Historical Society - http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ehs/. Posted on: 16 October 2008 My great grandfather, William Ah Chow, ws born in Canton in 1831. I believe that he landed in Robe, South Australia. According to the Warrnambool Standard he married Martha Hammond on 15 September 1875 at the Chinese temple in Emerald Hill. If anyone has any information that might help me find out more about him prior to his marriage I would be very grateful for the information. Geoff Artso (c/o cha@latrobe.edu.au) Posted on: 22 September 2008 Chinese in Australasia and the Southwest Pacific: In memory of Henry Chan, Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies, Volume 2, 2008 The 2008 issue of Chinese Southern Diaspora Studies focuses on Australia, New Zealand, and the Southwest Pacific. It features two new historical articles that examine aspects of Chinese life in later-nineteenth-century rural New South Wales and in 1890s Sydney. Connecting both is the most famous Chinese of his time, Mei Quangda (Quang Tart), who made his fortune on the Braidwood gold fields after being adopted by a local Scottish family and then, as a young man, moved with them to Sydney, where he become a highly successful merchant and leader of the new emerging bi-lingual elite of 1890s Sydney. Our third article traces the long spiritual history of a Chinese temple founded in Sydney in 1909 by examining its Quang Dong origins. Then one of Australia’s foremost demographers presents a study of the changing nature of Chinese diaspora in modern Australia. The Research Notes and Data Papers section contains an insightful analysis of old and new Chinese communities in Papua–New Guinea and a study of the sense of ‘Chineseness’ among a group of long-established locally-born Chinese Australians. There are also two data papers that introduce several important electronic databases useful for the study of Chinese heritage in Australia and New Zealand. This issue of CSDS is dedicated to the memory of Henry Chan Min-hsi (1937–2008), who died recently in Sydney. Henry Chan was an exemplary product of the Chinese southern diaspora, and an indefatigable champion of its people’s heritage and histories as both Australians or New Zealanders and overseas Chinese. This issue of CSDS is deeply indebted to Henry’s kind interest and helpful advice. As a mark of our respect, we dedicate it to his memory and begin with an appreciation of his life and work. Available online at http://csds.anu.edu.au/volume_2_2008. Posted on: 16 September 2008 Ouyang Yu , On the Smell of an Oily Rag: Speaking English,
thinking Chinese and living Australian Ouyang Yu gives his unique insight into Chinese and Western language
and cultures, and makes us reflect on our own habits of thought from new
angles. Also recently published by Ouyang Yu, his latest book of poetry: The Kingsbury Tales: a Novel. Further information avaiable on his website - http://www.ouyangyu.com.au. Please send cheque or money order payable to Ouyang
Yu at: On the Smell of an Oily Rag Individual: $27.95 plus postage The Kingsbury Tales: a Novel $24.95 per copy plus $3.00 postage Posted on: 12 August 2008 Hello. I am wanting to contact Anne Hollis and Beverley Karonisdis who contacted each other below regarding THOMAS SEE & CAROLINE KRAATZ. They too are my ancestors and I am desparately seeking information for an upcoming family reunion in a couple of months. We have all tried many times to trace my great grandmother's family but there are so many variations to her Chinese name that we have given up many times. This time I'm asking for help and don't want to give up. Her name was Grace Caroline Lum Sing, her parents were SAMUEL LUM SING & SARAH SEE. Sarah's parents were the above couple (Thomas and Sarah). Any information on SING/LUM SING/LEONG/LUM SING LEONG/YONG GEE LEONG or the SEE family would be SO MUCH appreciated. Thanks Joanne Real Posted on: 29 April 2008 Helene Chung , Ching Chong China Girl: From fruitshop to
foreign correspondent Ching Chong Chinaman!', girls taunted Helene Chung in her Catholic school playground. An Australian-born Chinese growing up in 1950s Hobart, Helene not only dealt with being different from her blonde-haired, blue-eyed classmates but suffered the shame of having divorced parents. And she kept a shocking secret – her mother, Miss Henry, was a nude model, who also lived in sin with a foreign devil and drove a red MG. Surviving the embarrassment of childhood, Helene discovered the thrill of the theatre, fell into journalism and travelled the world. She became the first non-white reporter on Australian TV and the first female posted abroad by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Ching Chong China Girl is filled with honesty, humour, love and loss, and gives insight into life that traverses cultures East and West. Helene Chung, a former ABC Beijing correspondent, is an honorary research fellow at Monash Asia Institute, Melbourne, and the author of Shouting from China, Gentle John My Love My Loss and Lazy Man in China Available at ABC Shops, ABC centres, selected bookstores, on-line at http://www.abcshop.com.au or by phone order on 1300 360 111.. Posted on: 11 April 2008 Two Chinese Australian Historical Society/Chinese Australian Cultural Heritage in NSW (CACH-NSW) events During the 2008 National Trust Festival CAHS and CACH-NSW have organised
two events. Posted on: 11 April 2008 Seeking descendants of Hong Toon, a Chinese miner in Bright On 10 October 1879 Hong Toon, a Chinese miner passed away aged 40 years. Descendants will find him buried at the Bright Cemetery in Victoria, Australia. Posted on: 11 April 2008 Chinese-Australian genealogy query Kim Yeo is trying to find out more about her family's Chinese heritage. She is interested in getting in contact with anyone who has information about any of the following people. They all lived in Brisbane in the 1960s except Lee Koo. - Low Chum Brisbane Posted on: 7 March 2008 Chinese Settlement in Whittlesea, Our Chinese Community,
Our Stories This book contains sixteen stories of Chinese migrants, their families, ancestors, and descendants. The story tellers including their family have lived, worked and owned businesses in the City of Whittlesea for between two and forty-seven years. The stories in this collection tell of the migrant experience and reveal some of the knowledge and beliefs of Chinese in Australia. Two Australians related their childhood memories of a Chinese Market Garden. The establishment of the garden was in the post gold rushh period and still remains of great significance today. The book captures the 'voices' in the stories and the history, arts and cultural development of the Chinese community in the City of Whittlesea. Migranting from different parts of the Chinese world, they let us have a glimpse into their lives, perceptions, epeirences and their cultural contributions. Posted on: 7 March 2008 Ouyang Yu, On the Smell of an Oily Rag: Speaking English,
thinking Chinese and living Australian Ouyang Yu's new book of creative non-fiction in English is just out, titled, On the Smell of an Oily Rag: Speaking English, thinking Chinese and living Australian, just published by Wakefield Press, South Australia. Ouyang Yu gives his unique insight into Chinese and Western language and cultures, and makes us reflect on our own habits of thought from new angles. Culturally diverse, On the Smell of an Oily Rag: speaking English, thinking Chinese and living Australian draws examples from low and high culture and from the everyday and the literary life. Ouyang Yu shows that they are closer together than we usually think. Based on the unique biji xiaoshuo (pen-notes fiction) genre and written in an accessible, readable and deliberately un-academic style, On the Smell of an Oily Rag is a seminal non-fiction book that creates its own genre of what Ouyang Yu calls, biji feixiaoshuo (pen-notes non-fiction), in its exploration of cultural, linguistic and literary similarities, differences and parallels between the English and the Chinese language in a distinctly Australian context. By drawing references from a range of literary and cultural works going as far back as The Book of Songs (1122-256 BC) and covering writers as diverse as Fernando Pessoa and Zhou Zuoren, this book treads where few dare adventure. Scholarly and scatological, this cornucopia of fun and wisdom is a breathtaking picture of speech, thought and images from the world's richest and oldest culture. On the Smell of an Oily Rag gives an insight into how English-language and Chinese-language cultures collide, contrast and illuminate each other. It's about what is lost in translation and what can be gained by it. It stretches the imagination to an unprecedented degree where clichés become cream and boundaries exist only to be unbound. Please send cheque or money order payable to Ouyang Yu at: P.O. Box 200 , Kingsbury 3083, VIC, Australia Posted on: 7 March 2008 The biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia conference This is the largest gathering of expertise in Asia in the southern hemisphere.
Abstracts are due by March 30, 2008 and early bird registration closes
1 March, with higher rates applying after that date. A postgraduate workshop
is also planned for June 30. Posted on: 7 March 2008 3rd ANU Missionary History Conference The objective of the ANU Missionary Conferences is to stimulate a community
of scholarship about missionary activities in Asia, Oceania, the Middle
East, East and Central Africa to broaden understanding of the contribution
of Christian missions and missionaries to the evolution of cultural, gender,
religious, political, social and racial history. Academics, postgraduate
students, religious, independent scholars, and family historians are invited
to participate and to present ideas and values within a professional history
framework. The theme for 2008 is the history of missionary language learning,
particularly in the 19th century. Posted on: 7 August 2007 Rediscovered Past: China in northern Australia: The Second “no fuss” Conference, 16-17 February, 2008 Following the successful Rediscovered Past: China in northern Queensland conference held in Cairns in 2006, the Chinese Heritage in Northern Australia Inc. (CHINA Inc) are pleased to announce a second conference to be held 16-17 February 2008 at the Cairns Library, Abbott Street, Cairns, QLD. This will also be a “no fuss” multidisciplinary event run over two days and will be open to contributions from all fields of Chinese Australian studies – including history, archaeology, heritage management, law, literature, linguistics, art, and library science. The conference will maintain the previous casual, convivial atmosphere that everybody enjoyed, as well as the theme, focussing on Chinese interrelationships with other ethnic groups as well as with other diasporic Chinese, and the diverse nature of Chinese settlement and life. However, as the title indicates, the regional emphasis has been broadened beyond Queensland to include other parts of northern Australia. Chinese have made contact with this region for several centuries, starting with sporadic visits by traders and fishermen and culminating in the large scale immigration of miners, workers and business people during the 19th century. Indeed, there has been a long history of multiculturalism (which includes other peoples from the Asia Pacific region) and this, combined with the vast landscapes, tropical climate, and remote frontier conditions, created in Northern Australia a dynamic social environment that was in many ways unique. It is this special character and social complexity that presenters are particularly encouraged to explore. If you think you would like to present at or attend the conference, please email an expression of interest to: china_nth@yahoo.com.au . The deadline for proposals on the conference theme is Monday, 31 December 2007. Email abstracts to china_nth@yahoo.com.au . Conference registration will run from December 2007 and full registration details will be issued soon. For general enquiries and correspondence please contact: Secretary, Chinese Heritage In Northern Australia Inc, Dr Kevin Rains, 5 Railway Street, EAST IPSWICH QLD Australia 4305 (email: krains@goldcoast.qld.gov.au). Further details will be published on the CHINA Inc website at: http://au.geocities.com/china_nth/CHINA_Inc.html Posted on: 25 July 2007 Rediscovered Past: China in north Queensland (edited by Kevin Wong Hoy) Rediscovered Past is an exciting collection of fresh research into Chinese
Australian history and archaeology in north Queensland. This collection
“offers a wealth of research garnered from primary sources …
addressing a wide range of historical and heritage conservation issues.
The deliberate concentration on north Queensland is satisfying in allowing
a more complex engagement with the region and its specificities.”
Rediscovered Past is an initiative of Chinese Heritage in Northern Australia
Inc. Copies available for AUD$12 (plus postage and handling) by mail order
Email: china_nth@yahoo.com.au Posted: 25 July 2007 CAHS Spring Tour to Canberra With the cooperation of National Archives of Australia, National Library of Australia, and the National Museum of Australia, the Chinese Australian Historical Society Inc has organized a weekend tour from Sydney to Canberra on 29 and 30 September, to visit the three national cultural institutions and there will be ample time also to visit the spectacular Canberra Floriade. Staff from the three cultural institutions will give talks about the resources for Chinese Australian history and family history that are available in their collections and how to access them. There will also be a meeting of the CAHS at which some of our Canberra-based members will talk about their research. The cost of the tour will be AUD$250 per person twin-share accommodation, a single supplement of AUD$55, which includes the following: * return coach travel between Sydney and Canberra, and within Canberra
Because of the generosity of the NAA, NLA, and the NMA, this is exceptional good value. Further information and an order form see http://www.hermes.net.au/cahs/ctfbf.pdf. Posted on: 25 July 2007 Big White Lie: Chinese Australians in White Australia (by John Fitzgerald)Much has been written about the White Australia Policy, but very little has been written about it from a Chinese perspective. Big White Lie shifts our understanding of the White Australia Policy – and indeed White Australia – by exploring what Chinese Australians were saying and doing at a time when they were officially excluded. Big White Lie pays close attention to Chinese migration patterns, debates, social organisations, and their business and religious lives and shows that they had every right to be counted as Australians, even in White Australia. The book's focus on Chinese Australians provides a refreshing new perspective on the important role the Chinese have played in Australia's past at a time when China's likely role in Australia's future is more compelling than ever. Published by UNSW Press, July 2007, 312pp, PB, 234x153mm, glossary of Chinese Australian names, AUD$44.95 (AUD$40.86 ex-tax). Further information and order forms via UNSW Press. Posted on: 25 July 2007 Bias: offensively Chinese/Australian, is a collection of essays by Ouyang Yu, newly released by Otherland Publishing (limited edition of 200 copies). 319 pages long with a full-colour cover, the book is divided into eight sections, with critical articles on Australian and Chinese poetry, Australian literature, writings in the Chinese diaspora, cultural and linguistic identities, literary translations, Australian/Chinese reciprocal representations, one interview and selected reviews of Ouyang Yu and his works, as well as an extensive Selected Bibliography on works by and on Ouyang Yu. The title is based on Joseph Furphy’s well-known remark: Temper: Democratic. Bias: Offensively Australian. Among these articles originally published in Australia and overseas, there is the earliest piece on Alex Miller and Brian Castro that Ouyang wrote in English in 1992 after he first arrived in 1991 and other provocative pieces such as ‘Absence Asia: What’s Wrong with Australian Poetry?’ and ‘Let’s Eat Chinese’. Copies will be numbered and signed. Copies are available for AUD$54.95 plus postage (AUD$3.50 for Victoria, AUD$4.50 for other states and AUD$8.50 for overseas). For more information and an order form visit http://www.ouyangyu.com.au Posted on: 23 March 2007
I am wondering whether anyone can help us to find out more about this plate. My father found it about 20 years ago in a river near Canberra, Australia. My father was a Dragline operator and was getting sand out of the Murrumbidgee River, behind Hall in the ACT region. He noticed the plate in the pile of sand, it was in reasonable condition, a little bit dull but the sand had obviously kept it quite clean. I think that the Chinese had been gold panning around the region but I am not aware of any other items found, at least not by my father I hope that you can help us to solve this mystery. Please email me via this website on cha@latrobe.edu.au. Regards Posted on: 16 March 2007 White Australia Policy archives at the Queensland National Archives of Australia The National Archives of Australia, 16 Corporate Drive, Cannon Hill, is giving an hour long presentation on the White Australia Policy on Saturday March 17 and Wednesday March 21, 2007 at Cannon Hill commencing at 9.00 am. The White Australia Policy was the most significant piece of legislation aimed at restricting Chinese from settling in Australia and is therefore very important from a Chinese Australian historical perspective. The talk will cover items in the archives relating to this legislation and I have been informed by NAA that they have uncovered some interesting material. For those interested in Chinese Australian history, this presentation
should not be missed. Posted on: 16 March 2007 GINGER I am undertaking a Ph.D. at the University of Adelaide on the topic of ginger. My particular interest is in: how, when, where, why, and by what means ginger was brought to Australia; and ginger’s subsequent history and use up to the establishment of the Buderim ginger industry in South East Queensland in the 1950s. Early British settlers brought with them a taste for ginger products. However, my research to date has revealed that this story is only a very small and not wholly accurate part of a much broader story which began much earlier. Early Chinese voyagers carried ginger growing in pots on their ships, in part to prevent scurvy. It is possible that Chinese fishing Australia’s northern shores for bêche-de-mer left ginger growing there. It is certain that Chinese immigrants and workers who came to Australia in the 1800s brought living rhizomes with them. They planted them in their gardens in North Queensland and the Northern Territory. While I have found some references to ginger being grown in Chinese gardens in the second half of the nineteenth century, I am keen to obtain more information. Can anyone help? My contact details are as follows: Dr Leonie A. Ryder Posted on: 28 February 2007 Below is a list of Chinese Australian Historical Society Inc and CACH-NSW
events during this year's National Trust Heritage On the 10th March, Ms Barbara Hickson, a member of CACH-NSW who
completed a survey (along with Heather Nicholls) of Chinese heritage places
in Central Western NSW in 2006 under a Heritage Incentive Program Grant
2004-2006 from the NSW Heritage Office, will present an illustrated report
on her project which resulted in nearly 60 Chinese sites being added to
the NSW State Heritage Inventory and the NSW Chinese State Heritage Inventory.
The talk will be chaired by Dr Barry McGowan, a member of CACH-NSW, who
provided research for the Central West project and is conducting a survey
of Chinese heritage sites in the Riverina and Southern NSW, under a Heritage
Incentive Program Grant 2006-2008. Posted on: 1 December 2006 THE FOURTH ANNUAL CAHS LECTURE and BOOK LAUNCH 'The Chinese in Australian History: A Perspective from Northern Australia' ALL WELCOME This will include a launch of Associate Professor Ganter's latest book
Regina Ganter’s Posted on: 13 October 2006 From Greatgrandmothers to Greatgranddaughters: The Stories of Six Chinese Australian Women edited by Nikky Loong The presentations by Lily Ma, Dawn Wong, Doreen Cheong, Losa Chan, Nikki
Loong and Mimi Zou, given at the CAHS Symposium on Chinese Australian
women on 25 September 2005, have been published as a book. The book is
profusely illustrated with photos from family albums. Further information
here. Posted on: 13 October 2006 And your petitioners humbly pray...: 150 years of petitions in Victoria Included in this exhibition is an 1884 anti-opium petition. For further information about the exhibition got to www.prov.vic.gov.au/petitions/default.asp. Information about the petition is available at www.prov.vic.gov.au/petitions/race.asp. Posted on: 5 October 2006 In the Shadow of Gold Mountain reveals a dark chapter of Canada's history documented by director Karen Cho. Come on a journey of discovery with Cho as she uncovers stories from the last living survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act, which lasted from 1885 until 1947. Listen to these personal experiences of extraordinary Chinese-Canadians who survived the era with personal strength, of families torn apart and of a community's struggle for civil rights and redress. This film is presented by SWASIA as part of Refugee Week 2006. The documentary & light refreshment will be held on 26th October 2006 (Thursday), starting at 7:30p.m., at Royal Children's Hospital: Ella Latham Theatre. Gold coin contribution appreciated. For enquiries/RSVP contact Posted on: 29 September 2006 MELBOURNE CHINESE STUDIES GROUP seminar Posted on: 15 September 2006 The Asian Australian Studies Research Network's website is now online! Go to www.asianaustralianstudies.org to find out more about the network, our activities and how you can become a member. The AASRN was created in 2006 as a joint project between Australian National University and Monash University, from funding granted by ICEAPS (International Centre of Excellence in Asia-Pacific Studies). The network focuses on cultural production in three major clusters: Posted on: 15 September 2006: Norma I am searching for information about my mother's relatives. My mother's
grandfather came out from Hong Kong and traveled to Darwin to where he
ran an import and export business. She also had a half brother called
Thomas Ming Ket [or Kit]. Tom's brother was called Gee Posted on: 15 September 2006: C. Fairhall Billie Long was a cook on one of John Egge's paddle steamers in the late nineteenth century. Any information about him would be welcomed to his descendants. Contact can be made via this website. Posted on: 8 September 2006 Celestial Avenue: Chinese Museum Photographic Exhibition 2006, 1 September - 10 October 2006 The vibrant energy and character, architecture and environment, and people and businesses of Melbourne's Chinatown today are documented by photographers for this exhibition. A biennial photographic exhibition jointly organised by the Chinese Museum and RMIT for professional and non-professional photographers, and students. For further information see the Chinese Museum website - www.chinesemuseum.com.au/whatson_exhibitions.html. Posted on: 25 August 2006 'Fred Wong: Humanity, Justice and Equality' commemorates the 100th birthday anniversary of Fred Wong with a lunch and talk. Dr Shirley Fitzgerald, Dr Drew Cottle and Arthur Gar Lock Chang will speak about various aspects of Fred Wong's extraordinary life as part of History Week. The film 'Indonesia Calling' (1946) will also be shown. Further information and booking information is available from the Chinese Youth League.. Posted on: 25 August 2006: by Ian Welch The final program for the 2nd ANU Missionary History Conference
is now available on http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/missionaryhistory/ The Keynote Address will be given by Bishop Philip Freier,
Anglican Bishop of the Northern Territory. The title of Bp Freier's very
timely address is: 'The government takeover of Christian missions to Indigenous
Australians: Posted on: 11 January 2006: by Dale Robinson, broomeboy33@hotmail.com I would like some information about Kwong Sau Duk and Joseph Fong Sam. They are my ancestors on my Fathers side (Fong family in Broome). Kwong Sau Duk is supposed to be Kwong sue duk's Brother and originated from Zhong Shan. (Shekki village) in Canton.Archived postings from 2003 to 2005 Posted on: 22/9/2003 at 10:26:34: by Theo Engelaer, Some years ago I saw an interview (SBS or ABC TV) with Helene Chung Martin about a book she wrote at the time of her loss of her husband. I would like to obtain a copy of that book. Can anyone help me? Please contact me at: alienobserver@mail2me.com.auPosted on: 6/10/2003 at 16:40:42: by Sophie Couchman, website manager, Theo Engelaer, I believe the book you are after is: Chung, Helene 'Shouting from China' Penguin: Ringwood, 1988.Posted on: 8/10/2003 at 15:25:17: by Hweifen, I'm studying Straits Chinese beadwork and am interested in getting in touch with anyone here in Australia who is looking at the material culture (particularly if textile or costume related) of Chinese migrants to Australia prior to 1945. cheah.hwei-fen@anu.edu.auPosted on: 25/5/2004 at 23:22:49: by Christine Owen, I am looking for any information about Samual AH TUE.He was suppose to be born in Canton China.He married Louisa Strolger.Lived around Ballarat,Creswick.Posted on: 21/6/2004 at 14:14:55: by J. Mahne, I am looking for Chinese-English bilingual people aged 18-25 to volunteer in the project for my MA-Thesis, which aims a comparison between German-English and Chinese-English bilingual students in Melbourne. Please contact me on Jana.Mahne@arts.monash.edu.auPosted on: 2/9/2004 at 9:41:39: by anonymous, I would like to see if it is possible to find some information on my great-grandfather, Kwong Wing-Tak - not very good translation of his name. He came to Australia in the 1800's, not sure of the exact time. My grandfather was the only son and there is not much information on where his father went and what he did. I think my great-grandfather went back to China and opened a relatively large shop in Chun-shan. I found in Kylie Kwong's book that his great grandfather bears some resemblance to my grandfather. It may be possible that a group of relations came to Australia together. I wonder if there is somewhere we can search for the list of passengers from China in 1800's. I accept that the chances of finding any information is very slim but I am curious to see if it is possible.Posted on: 2/9/2004 at 9:43:42: by Sophie Couchman, CHAF, There are passenger lists that list the individuals who arrived in Australia. These are available from most state archives and information about how to use them is also available there. You will find links to these archives in our links database - http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/links.html. Click search database, advanced search and then 'national and state archives' from the 'type of site' field. The ones for Victoria are available online - http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/access/online.htm.Posted on: 4/9/2004 at 11:54:25: by Trish JAMIESON-MONAGHAN, I am researching my family Ancestry from CANTON China. YETT SOO WAR WAY LEE: My Great/Grandfather came to Sydney Australia in 1874, and stayed with his Uncle WAY KEE who was a Merchant in Sydney. He then went to Brisbane to school and then to Adelaide in South Australia, where he married an Annie McDONALD and had four children. My Great Grandfather was appointed Mandarin on the 4 th Degree in Cir 1887 in China. (Crystal Button I believe). He was a close friend of Quong TART from Sydney, they attended many official events together including trips to China. This is my Great/Grandfather's name: Yett Soo War WAY LEE (This is the name he was know by in Australia.) HIS Father: YETT She Clum (He is listed as a rice Merchant on his son's Marriage Registration in Australia) HIS Mother: CAO She Ho King (She was believed to have been a titled Lady) His Great Grandfather was an Admiral in the Chinese Navy. These are the Mandarin and Cantonese Spellings for his NAME: Ye Xiu Hua (Chinese Museum Victoria) (Mandarin) Ye Xiuhua (Al Chin) (Mandarin) Yett Soo War (Chinese Museum Victoria) (Cantonese) Yihp Sau Wah (Al Chin) (Cantonese) I would love to hear from anyone who has any ideas of how I may find out more about this family especially in China. I am particularly interested in the surname for Great Grandfather's mother ? CAO On the marriage registration it is listed as CAO She Ho King. The Surname CAO does anyone happen to know what that would be please? My email address is pcjeygen@yahoo.com.au if you would like to write to me. With regards from TRISH.Posted on: 24/12/2004 at 12:25:55: by anne hollis, hi i am looking for info on a thomas ah see who jumped ship in qld about1854 he was about 29 years of age he married a german lady named caroline kraatz and moved to sydneyPosted on: 22/1/2005 at 11:29:35: by Beverley Karonidis, My Greatgrandfather was Thomas See and his wife was Caroline Kraatz they had 15 children one was my grandmother.Posted on: 22/1/2005 at 12:00:09: by Beverley Karonidis, You can email me 10reilly@tpg.com.au Anne HollisPosted on: 23/1/2005 at 12:40:19: by Anne King, I am researching my family's Chinese History in Australia. I would like to find out the Chinese names of my father and his siblings. I only know of their English names. They are the children of Ye Bingnan (Ping Nam). I found a story of Ye Bingnan announcing the marriage of one of his daughters, with her Chinese name mentioned, in the Tung Wah Times. Could you let me know how I go about researching this. Thank you.Posted on: 25/1/2005 at 13:14:35: by Sophie Couchman, website manager, cha@latrobe.edu.au Anne, If you haven't already looked you will probably find the Chinese characters of your father at the end of C.F. Yong's book 'New Gold Mountain' and also some information about him. There are also two newspaper articles relating to him in the Digitised Historic Documents database (http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/docs_home.htm) in the 'Resources' section of this site. If you wish to read the articles that the Tung Wah index refers to the Tung Wah can be found on microfiche at the National Library in Canberra and the Mitchell Library in Sydney. Depending on where you live you may be interested in getting in touch with the Melbourne-based Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria (http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/cafhov/index.htm) or the Sydney-based Chinese Australian Historical Society (http://www.hermes.net.au/cahs).Posted on: 8/3/2005 at 16:09:15: by Marilyn King, magsiemagise@hotmail.com.au I have found you website-my great grandfather John Antaw I have found on your naturalisation data base I am very thrilled I have been researching my chinese ancestorsPosted on: 2/4/2005 at 9:37:45: by Margaret Dekker, janmar@netspace.net.au Researching Peter Amoy native of Amoy arrived 1872 Sydney: Naturalised 1882: owned farming land Hunter Valley:worked as steward on intercolonial ships: lastlocated Tasmania 1883 when he married/partnered Charlotte Bliss who remarried/partnered after his disappearence in 1886.Posted on: 14/5/2005 at 10:33:46: by alan heinecke, remle@optusnet.com.au I am trying to trace my Great Great Grandfather Australian name James Suey who came here in about 1840 from Amoy China (now Xiamen) married Margaret Battersby in 1860 at Wellingrove New South Wales and Lived in Tingha New South WalesPosted on: 16/5/2005 at 8:22:43: by daz antaw, chaircovers@hotmail.com surname originPosted on: 12/6/2005 at 10:09:53: by Alan Heinecke, remle@optusnet.com.au I am trying to trace James Suey ( not his proper name from Amoy China 1800"s Married Margaret Bathesby at Wellingrove 1860. What is his proper name? He is my Great Grandfather!!Posted on: 20/6/2005 at 17:32:09: by Paul Lau, paul.lau@pfizer.com Look forward to visiting your museum when next in Melbourne.Posted on: 20/7/2005 at 18:52:17: by Barbara North, barton2540@shoal.net.au I am looking for a lady, her name is Ida King Hock,she was Cantonese, she came here or was in Australia in the 1800's, I dont know if she was born here or came as an immigrant, she had a child, a son in 1901 who called himself Wallace King, they lived in Carlton Victoria. This is all I know, I would like to ask if there are any web sites on the internet where I can do a name look up, perhaps I can find her this way, Thank you for your help. Barbara North..Posted on: 29/7/2005 at 11:51:15: by Sophie Couchman, cha@latrobe.edu.au Barbara, You may wish to check the National Archives of Australia Recordsearch database at the following address: http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/recordsearch.html.Posted on: 20/8/2005 at 2:16:47: by Uri Ben-Avraham, uri_ba54@hotmail.com Looking for relatives of William Ah Yew or George Amoy left China about 1850-1870 period. Great Great Grandfather and Great Grand FathersPosted on: 28/9/2005 at 19:25:39: by Julie Louey, garynjulie@bigpond.com Hi. I'm looking for any information about my great grandfather, Quong Louey and the Sing Lee Loong business. Apparantly he was one of the owners of Sing Lee Loong in Chinatown in the 1920's or so. Quong Louey died in 1969. Thanks.Posted on: 1/10/2005 at 15:17:46: by michael .kocho, majellak@dodo.com.au looking for any information regarding Joe Kocho born 1824 in Amoy ChinaPosted on: 31/10/2005 at 11:52:37: by Ebony, every1dies_4some1@hotmail.com i am doing an assignment on china. and its era's. I have to write a journal about a peasants life in the time of the emperors. This time period was in the 1800-1900 if any one has any newspaper articles from china in that era, or any other useful information. please contact me. It would be much appreciated. : every1dies_4some1@hotmail.com thankyou Posted on: 12/11/2005 at 0:16:57: by Lezel Mahne, elkrustenburg@webintact.com I would like to know more about the Mahne family, I'm from South Africa and want to know more. Please contact me anyone who know's more!!Posted on: 10/12/2005 at 21:48:53: by Onyeolu Ngbada Owerri, Onyeolu_owerri@yahoo.com Nice site keep it up
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