Social Events

Although there were many festivals and celebrations within the community, the celebration of the Chinese New Year was the most important event of the year.

 

Children on Street,
Chinese New Year's Celebration
Detail of C-06727

Social events were also centered around religious functions.

 

Chinese Sunday School Picnic, 1907
C-07930

Funerals were also very important community events and were highly visible to the non-Chinese community in Victoria.

 

Chinese Funeral Procession
Government Street, 1892
A-01548






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