William Chie, fruitgrower, of Carlingford
This guest post by Carlene Bagnall tells the story of William Chie, an Anglo-Chinese fruitgrower and poultry farmer from the Carlingford–Epping area in Sydney. Carlene came upon William Chie’s story while researching the history of the Epping Seventh-day Adventist Church….
Recent research in Cantonese Chinese history in New Zealand
An extra special Melbourne Chinese Studies Group seminar in November to coincide with Dragon Tails 2011. Date: Monday, 14 November 2011 Time: 6pm Admission: $2 Venue: Hayden Raysmith Room, 4th Floor, Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (between Swanston and…
‘Birth of a Chinese in the colony’, 1865
In July 1865, the Maitland Mercury carried an article announcing the birth of the second Chinese baby in the colony of New South Wales – a little boy named Henry Sydney Ah Foo – or, as recorded in the NSW…