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Some quick notes for myself before I visit the See Yup Temple in South Melbourne with a group of family historians this afternoon.

#chinozhist

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On my mother's side, we are descendents of goldrush-era Chinese immigrants to Australia. There were three brothers who were involved in the Beechworth mines possibly from as early as the 1860s. Their names were 黄世彦, 黄世圖 and 黄世祚. familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1…

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Wong Shi Hoo is my great grandfather - my maternal grandmother's father. He was naturalised and became a British subject in 1885. recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSe…
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A thought...

The Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (AKA the #WhiteAustralia policy) didn't come out of the blue.

The Chinese knew it was coming and actively organised against it - politically and intellectually.

This publication was part of that struggle. #chinozhist

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You can download an electronic copy from the @Library_Vic. It was originally published in 1888, well before most "Australians" had arrived on our shores from Europe.

handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/107652

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Through family history research, I was surprised (and immensely proud) to find that my ancestors were involved in this Chinese civil rights struggle. Wong Shi Geen was my great grandfather's brother.

Here he cosigns with some notable leaders in the Chinese community (p7)

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Combined SIG meeting is on failure this morning.

I failed to log in on time! 🤣
#combisig21 talking about failure in research projects... but what is failure? How can you fail in research? Isn't research about improving our knowledge? Isn't a negative study actually a good thing but that we frame it in the wrong way?
"I roll with things pretty well" - I'm with you @DrDanSchumacher
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