The Gangzhou Society Cantonese Opera Group was established in Melbourne in 1960.
By 1987, local Cantonese opera was re- established in the Gangzhou Society with the assistance of Huang Zhaonan.
The Gangzhou Society Cantonese Opera Group must be seen as a valuable leisure- time activity for the older generation of Chinese immigrants who, after 20 or 40 years of residence out of China, still find their contact with traditional Chinese music important and meaningful.