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South flows the pearl : Chinese Australian voices /
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, it explores the struggles and successes of Chinese people in Australia since the 1850s, as told in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Sydney, NSW :
Sydney University Press,
[2022]
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| Colección: | China and the West in the Modern World.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chinese Youth League
- Life as a wharfie
- Reflections on China and Australia today
- Postscript
- Wartime
- Hong Kong
- Chinatown during the war
- Social life
- Looking after Dad
- Love and marriage
- The Lineage
- Escape from Hong Kong
- Macao
- Smuggling
- Family ties
- Return to Hong Kong
- Sydney
- Postscript
- Postwar
- Mixed business
- Job hunting
- Fish and chip shop
- Family life
- Sailing club
- Full-time work
- Tea lady
- Mum
- Pioneers in Western Australia
- Early life
- Toishan
- Broome
- Second World War
- Postwar
- Perth
- The Lee brothers
- Reflections
- Postscript
- Don and the Family
- Singapore
- Planning the Hong Kong trip
- Distant relations
- Meeting Don's family
- Raising children
- St Vincent's Hospital
- Chinese food
- Helping others
- Chinese cliques
- Postscript
- Colour images
- Gold Rush Heritage
- My parents
- Beliefs
- Home cooking
- Cars
- School
- Local business
- Employment
- Race relations
- Roy Stewart Lee
- Depression
- Returned soldiers
- Dad's brothers
- Wellington
- Funeral traditions
- Deaths in the family
- Wu Hop Trading Company
- Marriage
- Speaking Chinese
- China
- Success in Australia
- Postscript
- 'We Grew Up in the Bush'
- My family
- Camooweal
- Leaving home
- Adelaide
- Melbourne
- Hobart
- Sydney
- Dad's return to China
- Working with my brothers
- Forced marriages
- Family today
- Trip to Hong Kong and China
- Postscript
- From a Chinese Garden
- Japanese occupation
- Tam Gong temple
- Travelling to Australia
- Market gardening
- School
- After school duties
- Penrith
- New school
- On my own
- The Chinese Youth League
- Work
- Visit to Macao
- Business opportunities
- Educating our children
- Multiculturalism
- Postscript
- The Northern Territory Story
- Grandparents
- George and Lorna.
- Marriage and family
- Postscript
- 'I Was the Lucky One'
- Family business
- Childhood experiences in China
- Married life in Darwin
- Mother-in-law
- Chinese-Australian relations
- Religion
- Jobs, war and Sydney
- Family
- Younger generation
- Postscript
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Villages and Locations
- Temples and Associations
- People and Names
- Businesses and Organisations
- History
- Miscellaneous
- Index
- Copyright information
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