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Reverend Lo Shui Kwong Chinese Church Campbell St, February 1946 / photographed by Ivan

Abstract

These images were published in “A New Parishioner For Chinese Pastor”, Pix, Vol. 17 No. 12 (13 April 1946) The article notes “BAPTISING baby Thomas Wong in the Presbyterian faith is Sydney’s only Chinese pastor, Rev. Lo Shui Kwong. His church is in the heart of Sydney’s Chinatown, where it has stood since 1893. But it is little known to Sydney people for it is now almost hidden by restaurants and provision stores. Founded by the Foreign Missions Committee of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in 1869, on the Araluen (NSW) goldfields, the church was transferred to Sydney 24 years later as the Chinese gradually left the goldfields. Since 1893 the little church has had five successive Chinese pastors. They were brought from China to work among Sydney Chinese under the Sydney Presbytery and the Presbyterian Missions Committee. Reverend Lo Shui Kwong arrived in Sydney in 1942. He brought his wife and family of three children with him. There was much work for him to do because a vacancy had existed for some time, which had not been filled earlier owing to wartime travel restrictions.” “In addition to his normal duties as Pastor, Rev. Lo Shui Kwong has organised a school of Chinese, where he teaches the Cantonese dialect to Australians and Australian-born Chinese. Originally for Chinese only, the school was welcomed so enthusiastically by Australians that Mr. Lo made his classes available for everyone.”
Place
Sydney
Subject
Category
Author
Ive, Ivan
Keywords
Chinese Australian
Current holder
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Series number
ON 388/Box 014/Item 026
Item number
9580077
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Copyright status: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.
Copyright holder: State Library of New South Wales
Rights and Restrictions Information: May be copied for research and study purposes and publication
Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd.
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Period of reference
1946-02-01 to 1946-02-28
Description from source
Physical Description: 14 negatives – 9 x 11 cm. (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
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Photographs
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Reverend Lo Shui Kwong Chinese Church Campbell St, February 1946 / photographed by Ivan
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