Chung Wah Historical Group 历史组

Chung Wah Association Historical Group

中华会馆历史组 - Kaylene POON 邝彩玲

In the last twelve months, several requests for family history have been received, and results have been pleasing overall. Many Australian people are now tracing their newly discovered Chinese ancestors. The Washing Family has published a fictional account of their Chinese ancestors’lives starting in Victoria and Western Australia. In July 2020, the National Trust WA approached the Chung Wah to spearhead a fundraising campaign within the Chinese community to conserve a jacket recovered from a Chinese burial, which was part of relocating 500 remains from East Perth Pioneer Cemetery. Work has been completed, and a detailed report will be forthcoming in an issue of Chung Wah News. In March, the‘The Water & Fire’exhibition opened at the Maritime Museum. A special guest was Doug Fong, great-grandson of LOUEY Wah, the Association’s first President. He and his wife Margaret were also guests at several Chinese New Year events as they were on an extended visit to Perth from Broome. Chung Wah Open house was held on 16 April 2021 in conjunction with Heritage Perth Weekend. The open house offered talks on Chung Wah History, James Street historical trail, historical photos display and various cultural activities to more than 200 visitors. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, I was able to undertake only a few public speaking engagements. The WA Museum also accepted the donation of three Chinese banners initially used by the Chinese Mission Church Perth. They have been in the custodianship of John Kee FONG for several decades and were passed onto me over 25 years ago. They are similar, abet smaller than the CWA banner currently on display in the WA Museum Perth, but in better condition. The Historical Group is working on several projects which we hope to offer volunteers. These include scanning photos, typing up handwritten docs, translating old Chinese documents and researching public enquiries. If you would like to provide a few hours a week, please contact the CWA Office for more information.

在过去的十二个月，我们收到了几次关于寻根探 祖的家族史请求，总体结果令人满意。现在有许多的 澳大利亚人正积极寻根，尤其是他们发现他们的祖 先中包括了华裔。The Washing Family更是出版了一 本描述他们虚构的华裔祖先在维多利亚州和西澳州 的生活记录。 2020年7月，西澳国民信托基金与 中华会馆联系，在华人社区内发起 一项筹款活动，以修复从华人墓 葬中发现的一件外套，这是从珀 斯市东先贤公墓搬迁五百具先 人遗骸的一部分。此项工作已 经完成，详细的内容您可以参阅 《中华之声》杂志上的报道。

“水与火”展览在今年的三月于 海事博物馆开幕。中华会馆首任会 长LOUEY Wah的曾孙Doug Fong是活 动的特邀嘉宾。他特地从布鲁姆长途跋涉 来珀斯参加由中华会馆主办的新年系列活动，他的 妻子玛格丽特也是座上宾。 中华会馆开放日于2021年4月16日与珀斯历史周 同时举行。开放日为超过200名参观者提供中华会馆 历史解说、詹姆斯街历史漫步、历史照片展示和各种 文化活动的作坊。 由于新冠疫情的局限，我只能进行少数公开演讲 活动。西澳博物馆还接受了珀斯华人传道会最初使 用的三条中文横幅的捐赠。这几十年来，这些横幅都 一直是John Kee FONG的个人收藏，在二十五年前这 些宝贝传给了给我。这几个条幅都很相似，只是比比 目前在珀斯西澳博物馆展出的中华会馆‘万世师表’横 幅要小一些，但其保存的状况更加良好。 历史小组正在开展几个希望有志愿者能积极参 与的项目。这些包括扫描照片、电子输入手稿、中文 文献的翻译，以及针对公众咨询进行朔源研究。如果 您每周可以提供提几个小时的义务工作，请联系中华 会馆办公室以获取更多信息。

中华妇女部

2021年，由于COVID-19的影响，更多的人选择呆 在家里，不出去参加社区活动。 中华妇女部将她们平时的社交活动从每周两次 改为每周六每周一次。由于缺少教师和参与者，之前 的健身活动课程已被取消。今年3月以来，每周六只有 一次文化舞蹈活动，重点和目的是提高团体的舞蹈技 能。 今年，中华妇女部参与了以下社区及文化活动。

Women’s Subcommittee

In 2021, due to the impact of COVID-19, more people chose to stay home and not to get out to join community activities. The Women’s Subcommittee has changed their usual social activities from twice a week to once a week every Saturday. The previous health activity session has been cancelled due to lack of teachers and participants. Since March this year, there is only a cultural dance activity every Saturday and the focus and purpose is to improve the groups’ dancing skills. This year, the Chung Wah Women’s Subcommittee participated in the following community and cultural events. 1. Chung Wah Chinese New Year Fair: we organised fourteen other Chinese community organisations to participate in the afternoon cultural show at the

WA Museum. 2. Willetton Chinese New Year Festival: we performed cultural dances and Tai Chi for the local community to introduce and celebrate Chinese New Year. 3. In March, we performed in the Buddha Birthday

Celebration organised by Fo Guang Shan

Buddhist temple. The Chung Wah Women Subcommittee will continue to take part in and support all the community events and functions organised by the Chung Wah Association. 1. 珀斯中华新年文化节：我们组织了另外十四个华人 社区组织参加了下午在西澳博物馆举行的文化表 演。 2. 威乐顿区华人新年庆祝活动：我们为当地社区表 演文化舞蹈和太极拳，介绍和庆祝农历新年。 3. 三月，我们在佛光山西澳道场所举办的佛诞庆典 中演出。 中华中华妇女部会继续参与和支持中华会馆举 办的所有社区活动和活动。

邹纪平

Youth Subcommittee

The Chung Wah Youth Subcommittee (Youth Subcommittee) officially resumed activities in October 2020, with a mission to recruit and engage with younger members in our community. The Youth Subcommittee currently has five members who are all young professionals in different industries. Together in the past year we delivered several once off events and at the same time initiated a number of new programs, these events and programs are: • Youth Group Launching, October 2020 • MovieNight“WillYouLoveTomorrow”,November2020 • Visiting WA Boola Bardip Museum, December 2020 • Social BBQ, January 2021 • Visiting WA Police Academy, April 2021 • 1st Collaboration with the WA Chinese Chamber of Commerce (WACCC), June 2021 • Chung Wah x City of Canning Social Badminton

Program, June 2021 and ongoing One of the most important jobs we did in the past year was initiating the Weekly Social Badminton Program with the help from City of Canning. Our vision for the program is to establish a platform for young and active community members to meet and socialise through playing sports. We picked badminton because it is relatively simple to play, not too physically demanding, and is popular in many parts of the world. This program is on every Saturday afternoon, anyone is welcome to join us!

Liangli LI (Michael)

中华青年部

中华青年部于2020年10月正式重启活动，其使命 是招募和与社区中的年轻成员进行接触。 我们目前有五名来自不同专业的年轻人。在过去 的一年中，我们合作举办各类活动，同时也启动了许 多如下的新计划： 1. 青年组重启计划，2020年10月 2. 电影之夜“你会爱明天吗”，2020年11月 3. 参观 WA Boola Bardip 博物馆，2020年12月 4. 烧烤联谊活动，2021年1月 5. 参观西澳警察学院，2021年4月 6. 2021年6月与西澳中华总商会 (WACCC) 的第一次 合作主办联谊讲座 7. 中华会馆青年部与坎宁市合办的的羽毛球联谊 活动，自2021年6 月起并持续进行中

我们在过去一年中最重要的成就之一是在坎宁市 的帮助下启动了每周羽毛球联谊活动。我们希望能位 年轻活跃的社区成员建立一个平台，让他们通过体育 运动来聚会和社交。我们选择羽毛球是因为它打起来 比较简单，对体力要求不高，在世界很多地方都很流 行。此节目于每周六下午举行，欢迎任何人加入！

李良励