Category: People
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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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Sydney Leslie Jack – aka ‘Les’
Uncle Les was quite a character, full of wit and bush wisdom. He quickly became an integrated part of our family and I was close to him. I can remember when Halley’s Comet was blazing across the sky one night in 1986, my grandparents dragged the by-now old Uncle Les from his bed to witness…
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1905 membership booklet for the Sydney Long Du Association
This 1905 membership booklet for the Sydney Long Du Association and belonged to belonged to a Fung Gum Moon ⽅⾦滿 (Fang Jinman) — AKA 金滿 “Kum Moon” — from Ho Chung 濠涌 (Hao Yong) village in the south China district of Long Du (隆都)
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Nell’s trip on the S.S. Kumano Maru to China in 1907
In April 1907, Ellen Mon How – AKA Mrs Moon or Nell embarks on a journey to China, aboard the S.S. Kumano Maru. This is collection of mementos from Nell’s trip.
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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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