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Chinatowns in Oceania

This article discusses Chinatowns in Oceania. Chinese New Year celebrated in a Chinatown in Paris New York City is home to three of the largest Chinatowns in North America. ... This article discusses Chinatowns in Africa. ... Chinatowns in Asia are widespread with a large concentration of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and ethnic Chinese whose ancestors came from southern China - particularly the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan - and settled in countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam... This article discusses Chinatowns in Europe. ... Chinatowns in Latin America (Spanish: barrios chinos, singular barrio chino) developed with the rise of Chinese immigration in the 19th century to various countries in Latin America as contract laborers (i. ... The prevalence of Chinatowns in the Middle East can be attributed to the many Chinese Muslims living in the Middle East. ... This article surveys individual Chinatowns in North America. ... Chinatown in San Francisco This article discusses Chinatown patterns in North America. ...

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Australia

Paifang at the Sydney Chinatown. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2056x1488, 661 KB) Summary Chinatown, Sydney, taken in November 2005 by me. ...

Bilingualism in suburban Fortitude Valley in Brisbane, Australia. Chinatown is located above ground.
Bilingualism in suburban Fortitude Valley in Brisbane, Australia. Chinatown is located above ground.

Given its proximity to the Asian continent, Australia has had, and continues to witness, a massive immigration of Chinese and other Asians. As with Canada, the majority of ethnic Chinese immigrants to Australia are from Hong Kong. Chinese from various places of mainland China, Macao, Taiwan, Korea, Southeast Asia—especially Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, and Indonesia—and Latin America also settled Australia. Download high resolution version (1570x804, 423 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1570x804, 423 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Fortitude Valley, also known simply as the Valley is a suburb of central Brisbane, Australia. ... Brisbane () is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Asian people. ... The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: 中国大陆; Traditional Chinese: 中國大陸; Pinyin: Zhōnggúo Dàlù, lit. ... Korea (Korean: (ì¡°ì„  or 한국, see below) is a geographical area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast, with Japan situated to the southeast across the Korea Strait. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...


Many early Chinese from the Guangdong and Fujian provinces of China immigrated to Australia during the gold rush era. They were mainly Chinese of Taishanese, Cantonese, Zhongshanese, Hokkien, and Hakka origin. As in North America, the Chinese faced massive institutionalized discrimination, and Asian immigration was restricted by the White Australia Policy in the late 1880s. It was repealed by the 1970s under multiculturalist policies, which in turn ushered in a new wave of Asian immigration, particularly from Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China, and giving rise to several Australian Chinatown communities. Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; Pinyin: GuÇŽngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Fujian (Chinese: 福建; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ... Taishan (台山 pinyin: Táishān; Cantonese: Toisan; local: Hoisan ) is a coastal county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. ... Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: 粵語; Simplified Chinese: 粤语, Cantonese: Yuet6yue5; Mandarin pinyin: Yueyu, Yụet (Guangdong) language) is one of the major dialect groups or languages of the Chinese language or language family. ... Statue of Sun Yat-sen in Sunwen Memorial Park. ... Hoklo (pronounced Holo; Chinese ; Mandarin pronunciation--pinyin: Fulao) can refer to an ethnic-cultural group originating in Fujian province, China. ... The Hakka (Traditional Chinese: 客家; Simplified Chinese: 客家; Pinyin: kèjiā, lit. ... This badge from 1906 shows the use of the expression White Australia at that time The White Australia Policy is a popular term which refers to the policies once held by all governments and all mainstream political parties in Australia based on excluding non-white people from immigrating to the... // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Multiculturalism or cultural pluralism is a policy, ideal, or reality that emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures in the world, especially as they relate to one another in immigrant receiving nations. ...


Australia has numerous historic frontier and rural Chinatowns, such as in Atherton, Queensland and Brocks Creek, Northern Territory. These early Chinatowns are now preserved heritage sites. Atherton is the hub of the Atherton Tableland region in Queensland, Australia, located at 17°16′ S 145°28′ E, 752 m above sea level. ...


Contemporary Chinatowns are found in the Australian cities of Sydney, New South Wales, Melbourne, Victoria, Perth, Western Australia, Brisbane, Queensland, and Adelaide, South Australia. There is a Chinatown in Broome, Western Australia, nearly 2,000 kilometres north from Perth. Like their Chinese North American counterparts, Chinese Australians tend to live in many different suburbs. The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ... Perth is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Western Australia, and is the fourth largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 1. ... Brisbane () is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Broome (17°57′ S 122°14′ E) is a pearling town in the Kimberley region in the far North of Western Australia. ... Perth is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Western Australia, and is the fourth largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 1. ... Sydneys Chinatown A Chinese Australian is an Australian of Chinese heritage. ...


Sydney

Main Article: Chinatown, Sydney Sydneys Chinatown Market City Sydneys Chinatown is located within the southern central business district of the City of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, in the Haymarket area between Central Station and Darling Harbour. ...


Sydney's Chinatown is the third area to bear that name. Originally in The Rocks area of Sydney, it later moved to the area near Market Street at Darling Harbour and finally to its current location in Haymarket, around Dixon Street. In the Sydney area, working-class Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants have settled in the suburban Chinatown of Cabramatta. Other suburban Chinatowns have cropped up over the years in the suburbs of Ashfield, Burwood, Chatswood, Eastwood, Parramatta, and Hurstville. The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ... George Street, the main street of The Rocks The Rocks is a tourist precinct and historic area near the central business district (CBD) of Sydney, Australia. ... Darling Harbour is a large recreational pedestrian precinct situated on the western edge of central Sydney, Australia. ... Haymarket is an area at the southern end of the central business district of Sydney, Australia, and is adjacent to Darling Harbour. ... Cabramatta is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Vietnamese commercial area, with some Lao, Cambodian and Chinese businesses also present. ... Ashfield (pop. ... Burwood is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Categories: Incomplete Sydney suburbs | Suburbs of Sydney ... // Location Eastwood (Postcode 2122, S33. ... Parramatta is a city, suburb and Local Government Area in Sydney, Australia, 25 kilometres west of the central business district (CBD) in Western Sydney. ... Hurstville is a suburb in the City of Hurstville, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...


Adelaide

Main article: China Town, Adelaide China Town in Adelaide is located in the Adelaide Central Markets precinct on Moonta Street, between Grote and Gouger streets. ...


Adelaide's China Town is located in the Adelaide Central Markets precinct, on Moonta Street, between Grote and Gouger streets. Two impressive Paifang mark the entrances at either end. Adelaide China Town consists mainly of oriental restaurants, grocery stores and markets. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... One of the formal entrances or Paifang to Chinatown in London, England. ...


Perth

Perth does not have a distinct Chinatown. Historically many Chinese (usually of Malaysian, Singaporean or Indonesian background) settled in Northbridge alongside other immigrant groups. The city's low density population and comparatively cheap property encourages migrants to move to the expanding suburbs. Asian students often chose to live in suburbs near universities, such as Bentley, Murdoch and Nedlands. Perth is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Western Australia, and is the fourth largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 1. ... Chinese New Year celebrated in a Chinatown in Paris New York City is home to three of the largest Chinatowns in North America. ... Northbridge is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia known for its night life. ... Bentley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Canning. ... Murdoch is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville. ... The City of Nedlands is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ...


Melbourne

Melbourne's Chinatown is around Lonsdale Street, Little Bourke Street, and Russell Street. A suburban Chinese community is in Doncaster, with a large Hong Kong and Taiwanese expatriate population, and in Box Hill with a large Chinese and Vietnamese communities.The vietnamese community is in 4 suburb Footscray,Richmond,Springvale and St Albans. Melbourne's Chinatown boasts some world famous cuisine, Flower Drum for example was voted as one of the best Chinese restaurants in the world by the New York Times. Gift shops and souvernir shops also make up a large proportion of businesses. This started when Chinatown Duty Free opened, a popular store selling Australian produce to overseas Chinese. It is said that Melbourne Chinatown also houses the world's longest dragon in the Melbourne Chinatown Museum. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ... Doncaster (postcode: 3108) is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the local municipality of the City of Manningham. ... The coat of arms for Box Hill. ...


Brisbane

The Chinatown of Brisbane is located in the suburb of Fortitude Valley, complete with its own Chinese gateway. Located near the Story Bridge, Chinatown is very popular for Australians too. Emporium in Fortitude Valley. ...


Darwin

A new synthetic Chinatown of Darwin, Northern Territory is in development and it is to be finished in 2010 at a cost of AU $90 million. [1]


French Polynesia

The Chinatown, called Quartier Chinois, in French Polynesia is located in Papeete on Tahiti island. Its overseas Chinese also migrated to France. Starting in 1865, early Chinese migrants of the Hakka variety arrived in French Polynesia to work on the island cotton plantations. Many of these migrants were exploited. The ethnic Chinese population has been declining in French Polynesia. [2] Papeete Waterfront Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia, and is located on the island of Tahiti, which is part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. ... Map of French Polynesia Map of Tahiti and Moorea View of Raiatea Mountain. ... Overseas Chinese, more properly translated as Chinese residing abroad (華僑 in pinyin: huáqiáo, or 華胞 huábāo, or 僑胞 qiáobāo, or 華裔 huáyì) are Chinese citizens living abroad (not necessarily overseas). ...


Guam

Hagåtña (Agaña) has a unique Chinatown in Guam, a United States territory. The first Chinese immigrated during the Spanish territorial period, and their first descendants can speak Spanish. The Japanese, Koreans, Thais, Vietnamese, Filipinos, Chamorros, and other Pacific Islanders also settled the place, making it a multi-Asian district. These Asians also migrated to Hawaii or mainland United States. HagÃ¥tña (formerly Agana), the capital of the American island of Guam, lies on its west coast. ... Depiction of latte stone colonnades on the island of Tinian. ... A Pacific Islander or Pacific Person (plural: Pacific People) is a term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe people of a certain heritage. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,941 sq mi (28,337 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ...


Nauru

The only Nauruan Chinatown is located at the Aiue Boulevard in the District of Aiwo. Aiwo (rarely Aiue, in earlier times Yangor) is a district and constituency in the country Nauru, located in the west of the island. ...


New Caledonia

Noumea has the only Chinatown, or Quartier Chinois, in New Caledonia. It has been settled by ethnic Vietnamese, Chinese Vietnamese, and Chinese Indonesian refugees. These Chinese also settled in France. Categories: Oceania geography stubs ... Indonesian Chinese refers to overseas Chinese living in Indonesia. ...


New Zealand

Dancers celebrate the start of the Year of the Rooster in Dunedin, New Zealand, February 2005
Dancers celebrate the start of the Year of the Rooster in Dunedin, New Zealand, February 2005

Unlike Australia, there has been little ethnic Chinese immigration to New Zealand, although there is an overall strong Southeast Asian presence in many of the country's urban areas. Many Taiwanese and Cantonese settlers from Hong Kong also live permanently in New Zealand, and in recent years New Zealand universities have been attractive to overseas students from Southeast Asia. Chinatowns existed on Greys Avenue in Auckland and Haining Street in Wellington, and there is a growing community in both Christchurch and Dunedin. Part of the celebration of the new Year of the Rooster (February 2005) in Dunedin, New Zealand File links The following pages link to this file: Chinatowns in Oceania Categories: GFDL images ... Part of the celebration of the new Year of the Rooster (February 2005) in Dunedin, New Zealand File links The following pages link to this file: Chinatowns in Oceania Categories: GFDL images ... The Auckland Metropolitan Area, or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital of New Zealand, the countrys second-largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. ... Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the third largest urban area in the country. ... Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ...


The first early Chinese immigrants to New Zealand are Cantonese from Guangdong Province, and they went here for the Central Otago goldrush of 1861. The former Chinese gold-mining settlement near the present town of Lawrence is being restored as an open-air museum. Because of this influx of Cantonese during the 1860s, there is a strong Chinese presence in Dunedin, whose current mayor, Peter Chin, is of Chinese descent. During the late 19th century and early 20th century, the area between Rattray Street and Stafford Street at the southern end of the city's CBD had the highest concentration of Chinese businesses in the country, notably Choie (Charles) Sew Hoy's importing company. A traditional Chinese garden is also currently under construction in the city. Guangdong (Simplified Chinese: 广东; Traditional Chinese: 廣東; Pinyin: Guǎngdōng; Wade-Giles: Kuang-tung; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangtung or Canton Province, Jyutping: gwong2 dung1), is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Central Otago Goldrush (often simply called the Otago goldrush) occurred during the 1860s in Otago, New Zealand. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Lawrence is a small town of some 500 inhabitants in Otago, in New Zealands South Island. ... Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... People named Peter Chin include: Peter Chin (mayor), Mayor of Dunedin Peter Chin (minister), Malaysias Plantation, Industries and Commodities Minister Peter Chin (golfer), a golfer in The Bronx Peter Chin (associate professor), an Associate Professor Science Education - Chemistry at Queens University, Kingston, Canada Peter Chin (Business Owner), Owner...


Though Dunedin has no focussed Chinatown area per se, a large proportion of the businesses in northern George Street cater specifically for the large Eastern and Southeast Asian community centred around this part of the city. George Street is the main street of Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. ...


Many Taiwanese and Cantonese settlers from Hong Kong also live permanently in New Zealand, and in recent years New Zealand universities have been attractive to overseas students from Southeast Asia. Other groups of Chinese travelled from South Korea, South Africa, Australia, Latin America, and other Pacific Islands. Chinese and other Asians such as Thais, Koreans, Vietnamese, and Filipinos reside together in New Zealand's Chinatowns, making them multi-Asian places.


In 2002, the New Zealand Government recently made a public apology to the Chinese for the poll tax that had been levied on their forefathers a century ago. [3] For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...


Northern Mariana Islands

Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands has a residential district known as "Chinatown". Unfortunately, very few Chinese actually live there and most of the small groceries in the area are actually run by Koreans. Saipan (IPA: in English) is the largest island and site of the capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, (a chain of 14 tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean) with a total area of 120 km² (46. ...


Papua New Guinea

Several old Chinatowns dot the landscape of Papua New Guinea. The Chinatown of Rabaul is among the oldest in the nation. There is also a Chinatown in the capital city of Port Moresby. Many ethnic Chinese have migrated to Australia. Space Radar Image of Rabaul Volcano Rabaul was the capital of East New Britain province, on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea until 1994. ... Port Moresby town Port Moresby, (9°30′ S 147°12′ E), population 193,242 (1990), is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ...


Solomon Islands

There is an active Chinatown in the city of Honiara on the Solomon Islands. It was badly damaged in rioting in April 2006, following the election of Snyder Rini as Prime Minister. Honiara, population 30,413 (1986), is the capital of the Solomon Islands. ... April 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Events 1 April 2006 (Saturday) Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ... Snyder Rini (born July 17, 1949) was the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands for eight days during April 2006. ... Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ...


Vanuatu

Vanuatu has a small Chinatown (Quartier Chinois) on Rue Carnot in Port Vila. Its population includes ethnic Vietnamese and ethnic Chinese residents. Port Vila (population 29,356) is the capital city of Vanuatu. ...


External links

  • CNN.com - Triad turf war in Sydney's (Australia) Chinatown
  • Guide to Chinatown, Sydney, Australia
  • Eastern promise spread to the suburbs - The Sydney Morning Herald article on the rise of suburban Chinatowns in Australia.
  • Melbourne Chinatown
  • Tracking the Dragon - A guide for finding and assessing Chinese Australian heritage places
  • "The Chinese in New Zealand" - a website for and about the Chinese in New Zealand

  Results from FactBites:
 
Chinatowns in Oceania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1302 words)
In the Sydney area, working-class Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants have settled in the suburban Chinatown of Cabramatta.
Chinatowns existed on Greys Avenue in Auckland and Haining Street in Wellington, and there is a growing community in both Christchurch and Dunedin.
The Chinatown of Rabaul is among the oldest in the nation.
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