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Exhibition Film from: Celestial City: Sydney's Chinese Story

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Exhibition Film from "Celestial City: Sydney's Chinese Story", displayed at the Museum of Sydney 29th March - 12th October 2014. Featuring interviews with: Dr John Yu AC, the Hon. Helen Sham-Ho OAM, Lily Zhang, Shen Jaiwei, Vivian Chan Shaw, Wang Xu and Josh Quong Tart DR JOHN YU (A.C) Dr John Yu was made Australian of the Year in 1996 for his service to the nation as a visionary leader in healthcare services. He arrived in Sydney from Nanking in 1934, as a three-year-old, to join his extended family, who had lived here since the days of the gold rushes. Dr Yu has served on many boards and foundations relating to both health and the arts, and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2001. LILY ZHANG Lily Zhang was born in Tangshan, an industrial city in northern China, and in 1983, when she was three, emigrated to Sydney with her parents. She grew up in the Cabramatta district and developed her passion for social justice while studying social sciences at the University of New South Wales. Today she is a researcher for the labour movement. SHEN JAIWEI Shen Jaiwei was born in Shanghai in 1948 and was a well-known artist in China before he emigrated to Sydney in 1989. He is a leading painter of portraits and historical subjects in Australia, and his works have been collected by the National Portrait Gallery and Parliament House, Canberra. VIVIAN CHAN SHAW Vivian Chan Shaw is a fashion designer who has been running her international knitwear and jewellery business in Sydney since 1972. A descendant of Chinese grandfathers who arrived in Australia during the gold rushes of the 1860s, Vivian was born in Hong Kong while her Australian born parents were travelling. WANG XU Wang Xu is an artist whose portraits, subject paintings and landscape paintings have been exhibited in the Archibald, Sulman and Wynne prizes at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Born in Nantong, near Shanghai, in 1949, Wang Xu arrived in Australia in 1989 and became a citizen in 1995. THE HON HELEN SHAM-HO OAM Helen Wai-Har Sham-Ho was born in Hong Kong and came to Sydney in 1961 as a teenager. She completed degrees in arts/social work at Sydney University and law at Macquarie University, then worked as a social worker, solicitor and commissioner for the Ethnic Affairs Commission. In 1988 she became Australia’s first Chinese-born parliamentarian, serving four terms. Helen has been recognised for her work in humanitarian services, social justice and multiculturalism. JOSH QUONG TART Actor Josh Quong Tart is the great-grandson of Quong Tart, who is featured in this exhibition. Josh was born in Sydney in 1975 and grew up on the northern beaches. In 1988 he changed his surname from ‘Tart’ to ‘Quong Tart’ in recognition of his Chinese heritage.