Chinese Australians
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Chinese Australians are Australians of Chinese origin. Chinese Australians are one of the largest groups within the global Chinese diaspora, and are the largest Asian Australian community. Per capita,
Chinese immigrants arriving in Chinatown, Melbourne, 1866
Gate to Bendigo's Golden Dragon Museum, dedicated to the history of the Chinese on the Victorian goldfields
This 1888 political cartoon by the Melbourne Punch depicts the anti-Chinese racism in Australia which was one of the driving forces behind the push for federation.
Chinese New Year celebrations at Box Hill, Victoria, home to one of the largest Chinese Australian communities in the country
Lowe Kong Meng
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Lowe Kong Meng was a Chinese-Australian businessman. Born into a trading family in Penang, Kong Meng learned English and French at an early age and worked as an importing merchant around the Indian Oc
Portrait of Kong Meng c. 1887
The Kong Meng building on Little Bourke Street in Melbourne's Chinatown 1934
Lowe Kong Meng c. 1866
Imperial commissioners Wang Ronghe and Yu Quiong with an unidentified man (centre)