Chinese School in Townsville

Title	Chinese School in Townsville
Subject	Language and languages--Study and Teaching Chinese language Chinese--Migrations Education Queensland Photographs
Category	4. World War II
Place of Publication	Sydney
Place	Townsville
Keywords	Language Teaching Chinese Australian Education
Current holder	National Library of Australia
Date	May 6, 1939
Link	http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-478593999
Item number	1414022
Access rights	Digitised
Rights	Copyright varies by issue and article
Country of origin	Australia
Language	Chinese English
Physical format	Magazine
Abstract	"Teaching Ancient Culture In Australia", Pix, Vol. 3 No. 18 (6 May 1939) "....Australian-born Chinese are encouraged to read, write and speak the Chinese language as fluently as that of their adopted country. In Townsville—Queensland —the small Chinese community engaged a teacher in Hong-Kong to supervise a school of approximately 20 pupils whose ages range from five to 16 years. Teacher calls for a bright boy to recognise “CAT” in Chinese characters." Includes images of student Alva Goon Chew.
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