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Looking south down Dixon Street, October 1950

By
Ivan Wilfrid Ive
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[ACP Magazines Ltd Photographic Archive, ON 388/Box 085/Item 047]
(Mitchell Library)

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Ive, Ivan Wilfrid

Press photographer with PIX and other magazines.

State Library of New South Wales

Chinese

Restaurants and Cafes

Dixon Street

The centre of Sydney's Chinese community, the street is marked by ceremonial gates, banners and signage for the many restaurants and businesses in the area. It was once home to many of the old clan associations who were actively involved in the welfare of the Chinese who came to try their luck in the goldfields.

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Chinatown

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The cultural centre of Sydney's Chinese community. Between 1909 and 1915 the Council built a new market complex at the head of Darling Harbour. Chinese traders and importers rented market space and stores, shops and restaurants followed. Rooms above these shops sometimes became home for the Chinese traders and for retired gardeners who were unable to return home. The precinct became run down by the mid 20th century; the numbers of Chinese dwindled and the markets moved out of the city. Chinatown was refurbished in the 1980s.

Haymarket

Urban locality in southern part of central business district. Named for the markets of the nineteenth century, it is still home to Paddy's Market as well as Chinese, Thai, Korean and Indonesian communities.

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