The museum is to embark on a major study and research, The Chinese Melbourne Project, over the next two years that will bring to light the community beyond the shopkeepers of Chinatown, to link them to their families and where they lived in the inner suburbs of Melbourne. Read more
The museum continues to collect photographs, memorabilia, stories, and information about Chinese-Australian soldiers. Read more
Ten Chinese Australians were recorded during an interview that asked them to recall life in Australia during the White Australia period, prior to the more recent waves of immigration from the 1970s. We are lucky to have these stories, as those who can remember this period in Australia’s history are becoming fewer with every year. Read more
Dragon Tails Conferences run every two years and is hosted by different organizations and held at different locations in Australia and New Zealand. Read more
Through a gold-rush era Cantonese-English phrasebook held by the Chinese Museum, this project explored the significance of language for Chinese immigrants as they built lives in a new country. Read more