New Stories, Bold Legends: Stories from Sydney Lunar Festival
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New Stories, Bold Legends: Stories from Sydney Lunar Festival
From artists to brain surgeons, fashion designers to board directors – this series brings you the unique stories of people who celebrate Lunar New Year. Hosted by Valerie Khoo – Curator of the City of Sydney's annual Sydney Lunar Festival – it’s a journey into the Asian Australian experience. You’ll...
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S2 Episode 6: A constellation of Sydney’s Asian communities
This series, we’ve been looking at some prominent Chinese personalities from Sydney’s history. As we’ve learned, there has been a small but strong Chi...
S2 Episode 5: The lives of Sydney’s early Chinese women
In the stories of Chinese and Asian people in Australian history, there’s one group that’s noticeably missing: women! There were many notable Chinese...
S2 Episode 4: Sun Johnson – The linguist, educator and media mogul
Sun Johnson was the editor of Australia’s first national Chinese newspaper, which started publication in 1894. He was born in Hong Kong and educated i...
S2 Episode 3: William Liu – The pathfinder who fought for Chinese rights
William Liu was a tireless campaigner for the rights of other Chinese Australians to live and settle peacefully in this country.
Earlier in his...
S2 Episode 2: Mei Quong Tart – The entrepreneur who started Sydney’s first cafes
Mei Quong Tart was one of the most recognised figures in Sydney during the late 1800s. He was an entrepreneur and philanthropist – and most importantl...
S2 Episode 1: John Shying – The story of Australia’s first known Chinese settler
John Shying is the first known Chinese person to arrive in Australia and make a life Down Under. He emigrated to the colony at Sydney as a young man i...
S1 Episode 15: Eddie Woo, maths evangelist, author and YouTube star
Eddie Woo is Leader of Mathematics Growth at the NSW Department of Education and he teaches at Cherrybrook Technology High School, the largest seconda...
S1 Episode 14: Professor Charlie Teo, brain surgeon
Professor Charlie Teo is one of Australia’s leading brain surgeons and is known for operating on brain tumours that have been considered by many other...
S1 Episode 13: Louise Zhang, Artist
Louise Zhang is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture and installation. She designed the playful Monkey Tower lantern fo...
S1 Episode 12: Ien Ang, Professor and Author of ‘On Not Speaking Chinese’
Ien Ang, is a Professor of Cultural Studies at Western Sydney University. Ien is Chinese and was born in Indonesia but her parents migrated to The Net...
S1 Episode 11: Dai Le, diversity champion and founder of DAWN Network
Dai Le is a champion for diversity and, as a result, founded DAWN, a platform that gives voice to diverse and inclusive talent who are shaping today’s...
S1 Episode 10: Kate Bagnall, historian and expert on Chinese migration to Australia
Kate Bagnall is a historian and expert on Chinese migration in Australia. Kate’s fascination with China start decades ago and she’s currently co-editi...
S1 Episode 9: Laurens Tan, Artist
Laurens Tan splits his time between Las Vegas, Beijing and Wollongong. He designed the Ox lantern for the Sydney Lunar Festival. Laurens was born in T...
S1 Episode 8: Angela Foong, co-founder of fashion label ‘High Tea with Mrs Woo’
Angela Foong is a fashion designer who co-founded the Newcastle-based label ‘High Tea with Mrs Woo’ with her sisters, Rowena and Juliana. The siblings...
S1 Episode 7: Dr Geoff Lee, State Politician and Member for Parramatta
Dr Geoff Lee is the Member for Parramatta. In March 2015, Dr Geoff Lee won the NSW seat of Parramatta for the second consecutive term. This is the fir...
S1 Episode 6: Pamela See, Artist and expert on traditional Chinese art of paper cutting
Pamela See is one of the artists featured in the Sydney Lunar Festival in 2019. Born in Brisbane to Chinese Malaysian parents who migrated to Australi...
S1 Episode 5: Ky Chow, media consultant and journalist
Ky Chow is media consultant and journalist. Ky has worked as a television and radio reporter and writer for Australia's top news organisations includi...
S1 Episode 4: Jackie M, Chef and Youtube sensation
Jackie M is an expert on South-East Asian cuisine and has a whopping 1.9 million followers from around the world. She is a TV presenter, writer and pi...
S1 Episode 3: Brad Chan, Startup hub founder and CEO of Banna Property Group
Born in Australian to Chinese parents who were educated in Australia – but who came from Papua New Guinea – Brad says he wasn’t surrounded by many Asi...
S1 Episode 2: Elaine Chia, CEO of City Recital Hall
Elaine Chia is CEO of City Recital Hall, one of Sydney’s leading arts, entertainment and festival venues. Her career spans music, theatre and visual...
S1 Episode 1: Marina Go, Chair of Wests Tigers and Non-Executive Board Director
Marina Go is chair of the Wests Tigers NRL Club and has been named by Boss magazine as one of the country’s 20 True Leaders. She is author of the busi...