Hampton Street market garden
Hampton St Brighton North 1905 Ah Fung, Sing Lee (East side), Ah Fung (West side) 1908 Ah Fung (West side) Source: Sands & McDougall Directories RAID ON A CHINESE GARDEN.A THIEF’S THRILLING EXPERIENCE. A youth…
Keep readingCaulfield’s first market garden
Inkerman and Kooyong Road Caulfield 1860s Kee Poy Source: Sands & McDougall Directories ‘People of Chinese origin have been associated with Caulfield since the 1860s and 1870s when local European market gardeners began to lease…
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Chinese hawkers were often seen delivering vegetables and goods directly to many households. Their produce was much appreciated for quality and convenience. [1] (1895). [Portrait of unidentified Chinese fruit and vegetable hawker with baskets of…
Keep readingGardens Are Going From River Flats
‘Carefully tended Chinese vegetable gardens that have attracted the admiration of suburban dwellers by the serried orderliness in their cultivation are fast disappearing from the lower flats bordering the Yarra between Hawthorn and Heidelberg. Most…
Keep readingGrass skiing near Eaglemont market garden
The Boulevard Heidelberg/Eaglemont 1930 Sue Lee Source: Sands & McDougall Directories The Ski Club of Victoria ran organised skiing lessons on grass at Eaglemont during the 1930’s.You can see a Chinese market garden in the…
Keep readingE. Phillips Fox – “Moonrise” market garden
The Boulevard Heidelberg/Ivanhoe The Heidelberg Artists Trail is a cycling and walking trail that includes a series of explanatory signs and boards situated in locations frequented by artists of the Heidelberg School. Moonrise by Emanuel…
Keep readingCharterisville market garden
The Boulevard Heidelberg/Ivanhoe 1912 Ah Nuey 1920 Ah Nuey Source: Sands & McDougall Directories Chinese market garden replaced Charterisville Orchard in 1912. ‘From the scanty information available it seems that Ah Nuey was the first…
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Wilson St Cheltenham 1930 Poon Wah 1935 Poon Wah Source: Sands & McDougall Directories “He didn’t live in the house though. The house was empty. He lived in the shed down the back. He turned…
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Separation St Northcote 1890 Ah Lan 1895 Ah Foy, Ah Yick, Fang Gett, Ah Lau 1900 Mo Sing, Mong Yu 1905 Yow Jong Source: Sands & McDougall Directories ‘The first Chinese market gardens appeared in…
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Chinese Market Gardens of Melbourne 