Stumbled across this racist cartoon from The Bulletin during the #whiteaustralia period (via Trove). Seems there was a parade celebrating the fall of the Qing dynasty.
Source: nla.gov.au/nla.obj-690529…
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Review by Zhen Hao Liew of our book, Locating Chinese Women (@HKUPress) h-net.org/reviews/showre… #chinozhist
Today's Google doodle is about Victor Chang. When I clicked on it, I found out he was born in China. I had always believed he was Malaysian Chinese (he was shot by one). I think it demonstrates the ties between China, Malaya/Malaysia and Australia. #chinozhist
John Fong was born in Broome in 1925, the centre of the world pearling industry at the time. Learn more about his experiences and those of other early Chinese Australians in 'South Flows the Pearl': bit.ly/3wCq7Su #UniversityPress #ChinOzHist #AusHist #ReadUP
Just Dance 😅
Noticed this on Google Street view outside 11 Tattersalls Lane where my family used to live. #chinozhist
Source: google.com/maps/@-37.8118…
What a wonderful occasion! There's lots about the history of this family at chung-gon.com/index-standard… thanks to James' granddaughter Ai-Lin Chung Gon. #chinozhist
My entry for the Australian Dictionary of Biography on Darwin Chinese businesswoman Selina Hassan has been published! Thanks to ADB for profiling more Australian Chinese women. More to come! #chinozhist
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hass…
In 'South Flows the Pearl', Doris and Norman Yeend tell how their wedding broke the ban on mixed marriages, on the Chinese and Australian sides. Learn about the reactions of their respective families: bit.ly/3wCq7Su #UniversityPress #ChinOzHist #AusHist #ReadUP
Absolutely agreed Kate. I met with the author, explained that the Ironbark player was Chin Kit the teenage son, not his father who was already in Tas. Also that Henry was Oz-born, mother Scots-English. I asked to see pre-publication text but it didn't happen ... sigh #chinozhist
Learn more about Lee Sing and the lives of other early Chinese immigrants to Australia in 'South Flows the Pearl': bit.ly/3wCq7Su #UniversityPress #ChinOzHist #AusHist #ReadUP
Hoy Lee was born in Stuart Town in central-west NSW in 1911. Learn more about his experiences living between two cultures in 'South Flows the Pearl': bit.ly/3wCq7Su #UniversityPress #ChinOzHist #AusHist #ReadUP
Learn more about Leung Pui and other Chinese Australians whose lives were split between China and Australia in 'South Flows the Pearl': bit.ly/3wCq7Su #UniversityPress #ChinOzHist #AusHist #ReadUP
Evelyn Yin Lo was born in Australia in 1922, where she received an education in Australian schools and grew up between two cultures. Learn more about Evelyn's life in 'South Flows the Pearl': bit.ly/3wCq7Su #UniversityPress #ChinOzHist #AusHist #ReadUP
'South Flows the Pearl' is a fascinating journey through the history of Chinese Australia. Taking the reader from Shanghai and the Pearl River Delta to Sydney, Perth, Cairns, Darwin, Bendigo and beyond. Read more: bit.ly/3wCq7Su #UniversityPress #ChinOzHist #AusHist
I’m presenting on Chinese Youth Clubs in QLD, 1930s-1940s, for Commissariat Store Museum, Commissariat Store Museum, Wed, Dec 13. Great opportunity to visit this museum, housed in one of Brisbane’s oldest buildings, partly built by convict labour in 1828-1829. eventbrite.com.au/e/wednesday-lu… #chinozhist