Andrew Leon
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Andrew Leon was a Chinese-born Australian businessman in northern Queensland, predominantly in the Cairns district. He established the Hap Wah plantation that pioneered the Cairns district sugarcane i
Newspaper report of the opening of the Lit Sung Goong temple
Chinatown Cairns in Sachs Street (now Grafton Street) showing the Lit Sung Goong Temple (no longer extant, centre of photo, flagpole in front) and the Crown Hotel (still exists, right of photo), circa 1890
Lit Sung Goong temple, circa 1890
St Monica's Catholic Church
Cairns Chinatown Building
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The Cairns Chinatown Building is a heritage-listed commercial building at 99 Grafton Street, Cairns City, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1892 to c. 1902 and is one
Andrew Leon
…Chinese New Year 1887. Several years later four shops were erected and, today, the only one remaining is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register as 99 Grafton Street. A trust arrangement initiated by Leon in 1890 ensured that the temple property remained with the Cairns Chinese community; Leon and Jan Bung Chong…
Cairns Chinatown Building
Chinatown in Cairns, 1886. It is not known if this building appears in this photo.