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Employees of Wing Sang & Co Ltd, 1924

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Unique IDA-00025390SeriesSydney Reference Collection (SRC) - PhotographsDateBetween 1st January 1924 and 31st December 1924Date qualifieryear onlyFormatPhotograph - PrintDescriptionGordon Mar writes - "These are employees of Wing Sang & Co who hailed from the village of Sar Choong - now just a suburb of Shekki in Guandong province. A visual example of how the Chinese helped their fellow villagers find a better life in another country." Names: Back row L-R: Mah Sing You; Mar Sun Gee (Gordons grandfather); Mar Leong Wah (Gordons father). Front Row L-R: Mah Chut; Mar Shee Poy; Mar Wai. Nearly all of these men have descendants still living in Australia.
Mar Sun Gee and Mar Leong Wah of Wing Sang, were respectively the gradfather and father of Gordon Mar. A general outline of his forebear's businesses is captured in the article 'From Banana Plantations to Schools: The role of remittances from Australia to South China'
https://issues-journal.org/remittances-from-banana-plantations-to-schools/
See also Gordon Mar's profile available at https://www.heritagecorridor.org.au/people/gordon-marLanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)

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CollectionChinese Community in Sydney1920s FashionLaser cutsBoxCSA079697

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Employees of Wing Sang & Co Ltd, 1924