MOCA’s future at 744 George Street is assured following a resounding $7.5 MILLION show of support from the City of Sydney Press release from the Museum of Chinese in Australia (MOCA) dated 11 April 2024 MOCA’s future at 744 George Street is assured following a resounding $7.5 MILLION show of support from the City of Sydney MOCA’s board and … Read more
King Fong’s story of migration links Duntao village, Suva and Sydney together. Duntao King Fong’s father’s house in Duntao King Fong’s father’s house in Duntao is a modest single-storey brick structure, connected duplex-style to an identical house belonging to a distant relative. On the façade (front) of the building, a decorative frieze runs along under … Read more
A shared history connects the Chinese Presbyterian Church in Sydney with churches in Hong Kong and Zhongshan. The Chinese Presbyterian Church Sydney (founded 1893) The Chinese Presbyterian Church (CPC), currently located at 388-394 Crown Street, in Surry Hills, Sydney, is the oldest surviving Chinese church in Australia. It started life as the Presbyterian Chinese Mission when the … Read more
Stanley Hunt is a well-known Australian businessman (retired) and philanthropist. His life history has involved lines of connection between Mashan village in China, the country town of Warialda in NSW, and Sydney. Mashan village Stanley’s father, Harry Hin Hunt, was born in 1902 in Sydney but when he was a child he returned with his … Read more
Chee Win Lee had two grocery shops, one in Sydney and one in Zhongshan. The shops represent the transnational dimension of his career as a retailer. Grocery stores in Shekki and Sydney Chee Win LEE (1880-1951) came to Australia in the late 19th century and established a grocery business in Sydney. His ancestral village was … Read more
