Category: Family History
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Trevor Jack
Trevor Jack was born in 1917, in Glen Innes, the New England region of NSW. At the time of his birth, local newspapers were filled with reports about the ongoing First World War, highlighting both the heroism and the tragedies faced by soldiers, alongside a growing anti-conscription movement. Meanwhile, life continued as usual in the…
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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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Discovering a Silk cloth inscribed by Liang Qichao, Inverell, 1901
In 2022, I was fortunate to have Ely Finch visit my home, where I had the opportunity to show him my collection. I had a bag of embroidered silk scarves and handkerchiefs, as well as a beautiful silk cloth that I draped in front of him. I asked, “What about this?
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Fong Mon How
An educated, refined young Chinese man seeking a better life, joins his fellow sojourners, making the perilous journey to Australia. Chinese born Fong Mon How 方文厚 — AKA: Fong Kum Moon 方金滿 — was born in Canton — Shekki, Heung Shan, in 1869. He first arrived in Australia in 1881.
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Ellen (Nell) TooTong
A significant portion of my collection originated from Ellen (Nell) Tootong, and her close family. Nell’s artefacts add to the narrative of her life in Tingha and travels to China. They include family documents, photographs, personal keepsakes and relics — like this front door key to Mrs Ellen Hyde’s House in Tingha. For me, this…
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Tingha Public School, 1899
Quin and Mary Jack’s children all attended the local Tingha Public School, and this photo from 1899 has an inscription that three of the Jack siblings are in the picture: Ethel, Cecil and Billy Jack. If you can identify anyone in these photos, or have any information, leave me a comment.
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Melbourne See Yup Temple & Chen Ah Jack
A possible mention of Chen Quin Jack from his period on the Ballarat goldfields 1850s-1865, comes from records from Melbourne’s See Yup Temple
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A Chinese Temple Priest -Tingha
Hee Lun Chinese Temple Priest — Tingha By the mid-1860s Quin Jack was working on the Uralla – Rocky River goldfields in Northern NSW. He arrived in Tingha in the early 1870s. By the 1880s he was already a significant figure in the Chinese community. He had strong business ties, was well connected with the…
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Samuel Yaupaung
Sam Yap Amey – also known Sam Yap Hong and later as Samuel Yaupaung. As you can see by this ‘retouched’ photo was quite a handsome man and from his appearance, it is not inconceivable to assume that he may be a mixed-race Eurasian. Samuel is my great-great-great-grandfather.
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Lee Kee Chong — 李 基 祥
Lee Kee Chong 李 基 祥 born in 1864 in Heung Shan, just south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, Southern China. While not a lot is known about Lee in China, we know that life in Heung Shan would have been a struggle.
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