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Title The lions of Retreat Street : a Chinese temple in inner-Sydney / edited by Ann Stephen
Published Sydney : Powerhouse Publishing, 1997
©1997

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Description 80 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm
Contents Forwords / Henry Tsang & Terence Measham -- The Yiu Ming Temple of Retreat Street / Ann Stephen -- The architecture of Retreat Street / Amanda Jean -- Federation feng shui : reading the temple objects / Suzanne Chee & Angus Tse -- Elders of the temple / interviews by Anne Stephen with Harry Choy, Harry Chong Choy, Wally Ha, Ha Zhu Jilan
Summary "A temple hidden in the back-blocks of industrial Sydney holds a fascinating story of Chinese-Australian culture. In 1908 a Federation-style temple was built alongside a row of terraces to serve the community who worked the market gardens around Botany Bay. 'The lions of Retreat Street' traces the lives of this generation of so-called "aliens" and present-day members of the Yiu Ming temple society who have maintained the temple, its traditions and rituals. Photographs of the temple, its objects and celebrations combined with moving stories, offer readers a glimpse into a "Chinese courtyard of Sydney". Essays by Suzanne Chee, Ann Stephen and Angus Tse from the Powerhouse Museum and conservation architect Amanda Jean, will bring readers to a greater understanding of the history, cultural beliefs and practices of the Chinese community who have played such a crucial but largely unacknowledged part in Australia's history." -- book cover
Notes "A co-publication from Powerhouse Publishing and Hale & Iremonger" -- T.p. verso
Bibliography Bibliography: page 79
Subject Powerhouse Museum -- Exhibitions.
Yiu Ming Temple (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Historic buildings -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Historic buildings -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Historic sites -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Historic sites -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
Temples, Chinese -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
Temples, Chinese -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney
SUBJECT Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004820
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Author Stephen, Ann, editor
Powerhouse Museum, host institution
ISBN 1863170553
9781863170550