Kate Bagnall

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A row of buildings in Hobart that were built in the early twentieth century, after several fires destroyed some of the old weatherboard shops that housed both Chinese and European businesses. Author provided

Why doesn’t Hobart have a Chinatown?

Imogen Wegman, University of Tasmania; Annaliese Claydon, University of Tasmania, and Kate Bagnall, University of Tasmania

Early Chinese communities might seem to have left little tangible trace. But such an absence does not necessarily mean the absence of a Chinese history.
Frederic Eggleston presented his credentials to Chinese President Lin Sen (林森) at an official reception in Chungking on 28 October 1941. Sydney Morning Herald, November 12 1941

The Chungking Legation: Australia’s first diplomatic mission to China, 80 years ago

Kate Bagnall, University of Tasmania and Sophie Couchman, La Trobe University

Under the shadow of World War II, Australia began to form its own foreign policy, separate from the British Empire. A legation in China was Australia’s third foreign outpost.
Mrs Chan Harr, Marjorie Wong Yee, Annie Kwok, Norma Wong Yee, Ida Kwok, and Patty Wong Yee on their arrival in Sydney from Hong Kong on the SS Changte, 8 March 1938. ACP Magazines Ltd Photographic Archive, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales (ON 388/Box 043/Item 035)

‘Your government makes us go’: the hidden history of Chinese Australian women at a time of anti‑Asian immigration laws

Kate Bagnall, University of Tasmania and Julia T. Martínez, University of Wollongong

In 1901, there were almost 30,000 Chinese men in Australia but fewer than 500 women. Despite their small numbers, emerging research reveals surprising stories of Chinese Australian women’s lives.

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