Arthur Yong discovered the Chinese Market Garden in September 1998 whilst planning his first book on Chinese history in the City of Whittlesea. In the course of his research, he stumbled upon a picture of the market garden, dated around 1910. It depicted a waterwheel used to irrigate the garden. This led him to contact local residents, to investigate […]
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Chinese from the North
Since June 2010, a number of individual residents, volunteers and workers of Chinese descent and persons who work closely with the Chinese community and assist with many issues with this community in the Northern Metropolitan Region of Victoria, have been working to establish a Chinese From The North (Association). A Steering Committee held a meeting […]
Tack’s waterwheel
The following are reminscences by Whittlesea resident John McPhee: “A few things I remember or have been told: Lee Tack was a tall man and had been trained as a doctor in China; he came to Australia looking for gold, he found a nugget shaped like a man on a horse. At its peak it […]
World War 1 Casualty : Alfred Shanhun (Diamond Creek)
Alfred Shanhun – Perhaps the most fascinating family background in our archives, but one that is one of the lesser known. The unusual family name is used by the AWM and National Archives as well as by the family in all correspondence in the latter, but it was, in fact, Shan Hun. Alfred was one of […]
Moon Cake Festival, 2008
Held in conjunction with the Whittlesea Hertiage Program, the Moon Cake Festival is celebrated by Chinese around the world. A major event, the festival is marked with dances, moon gazing and eating moon cakes. It is a special occasion for family reunions. The 2008 local event was held on Saturday 13 September, 2008 at the Thomastown […]
Local Chinese Talk About Health
Older Chinese adults, people from The People’s Republic of China with little English, and those people with lower education attainment, have particular problems in using the health system. My concerns are that these people do not have the proficiency to communicate with the doctors in GP clinics and hospitals about their illnesses, unless doctors speak […]
Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival (Duan Wu Festival) is a significant event in the Chinese calendar. Many Chinese people throughout the world celebrate the Festival with dragon boat racing and eating of rice dumplings. It commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet and Minister in the state of Chu, who drowned himself in protest […]
Chinese New Year Festival
People, who identify with Chinese ancestry, celebrate Chinese New Year from the New Year Eve to the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar in Australia, China, South East Asia countries and all over the world. The Whittlesea Chinese Association (WCA) and local residents celebrated Chinese New Year, Year of the Ox, […]
Chinese market gardens
The first Chinese market gardens appeared in Northcote in 1887. The Chinese had arrived in Victoria in large numbers during the 1850s gold rushes and many stayed after the rushes ended. German settlers had been operating market gardens in Northcote since at least the early 1860s but in 1887 they sold their holdings to the […]
Chinese Settlement in Darebin
By Arthur B.W. Yong, B App Sc JP In 2003, Arthur B.W. Yong coordinated and edited a book for the North Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association (NEMCA) on Chinese settlement in Darebin. First published in July 2003, ‘Chinese Settlement in the City of Darebin’, records the experiences of Australians of Chinese descent. They live, work and […]