Category: Buildings
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The Legacy of Gee Ick & Co: A Historical Overview
Gee Ick & Co., or Gee Yick, was a Chinese import-export merchant founded in Sydney in the early 1860s by Lee Din War. Located at 172 George Street, it traded goods like tea, rice, and gold, and facilitated gold remittances to Guangdong, China, in the 1880s. After Lee Din War’s death in 1907, his family…
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The House that Jack built -Hymen Villa, Tingha
Chen Quin Jack built the original family home on tin-bearing land. The property was called Hymen Villa. A simple timber building with a few rooms – a kitchen with an open fireplace for cooking
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Wesleyan Methodist church – Tingha
The interior of the present Methodist church Tingha, The minister is a Chinese missionary Rev, Tear-Tack. You will notice the congregation are mostly Chinese. This church was built by a Chinese carpenter when most of Tingha’s population were Chinese (it’s possible Quin Jack may have built or helped build the church)
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