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Chinese New Year

Tuesday was the official day of Chinese New Year, a festival that has been celebrated for generations in Sydney,  so today I thought we'd look at the long history of Chinese people in Sydney. Listen to the whole conversation with Lisa…

Chinese life in Sydney

Chinese fruit and vegetable hawker c1895, National Library of Australia nla.pic-an24615958 As we welcome the year of the sheep and the Lunar New Year celebrations kick off this Friday, let’s take a step back in time to the 1800s and look…