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September 2021
Hidden Treasures: The First Chinese – a walk in Queanbeyan – Deferred
Hidden treasures: The First Chinese − a Walk in Queanbeyan Sunday 19 September 2021 Tour information The tour will cover the fascinating story of one of this area’s earliest migrant populations, and visit some associated heritage sites. Access to skilled and reliable labour was a problem in early New South Wales, and particularly so after convict transportation ended in 1840. A plan to contract Chinese mechanics and labourers was proposed as early as 1837. Some of those from the Canberra area that backed the…
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Talk by Professor Jocelyn Chey
Professor Chey is one of Australia’s preeminent Sinologists. In a remarkable career, she moved seamlessly back and forth between academia, the public service, and the private sector. The title of her talk is “Both sides of the wall: stories from a lifetime’s engagement with China.” She will describe studying Chinese in 1950s Sydney and her subsequent career as a prominent academic and as a senior Australian diplomat (Cultural Counsellor in Beijing 1975-8; Senior Trade Commissioner in Beijing 1985-88; and Consul-General…
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Christmas Dinner
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Chinese New Year Dinner
More details to be provided closer to the date.
Find out more »Lantern making workshop – Cancelled
Cancelled due to Covid
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ACFS AGM
The AGM is on 15 March at 7pm at Golden King in Woden
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Film night – Someone to talk to
ACFS Film Night At 7.30pm on Wednesday 27 April 2022 the Australia China Friendship Society (www.acfs.org.au) will screen the 2016 drama “Someone to talk to” in the Catchpoles Room, Southern Cross Club Jamison. The film examines loneliness and alienation in contemporary Chinese society and our desire/need to find a soulmate. The dialogue is in Mandarin with English sub-titles. Visitors welcome, $2 donation at the door.
Find out more »June 2022
Chinese Heritage Walk
Chinese Heritage Walk The Chinese Heritage walk in Queanbeyan, scheduled for last September, will be held on Sunday 5 June. The walk will be in the morning, followed by lunch (details of lunch later). The walk will be a roughly 2 hour mostly urban walk of about 3.5km, with some hilly parts and unpaved sections in a cemetery If you are interested in coming on the walk and/or the lunch would you email acfsevent@gmail.com by 18 May. The cost will be a donation of…
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