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Ely Finch 22/4/22 Ely Finch 22/4/22

Upcoming Book Launch and History Talk in Hill End (NSW), Saturday 30th April 2022

Launch of Bew Chip’s Register: a Chinese Australian remittance register from the Tambaroora and Hill End goldfield and presentation by historian Dr Juanita Kwok about the register.

Ely Finch 25/2/22 Ely Finch 25/2/22

The Chinese Names for Sydney

SBS Cantonese article about the two Chinese names for Sydney, their history, origins and usage.

Ely Finch 21/6/21 Ely Finch 21/6/21

A Guide to Reading Old Chinese Gravestones: the Sexagenary Cycle

(The first genuine blog post on this page, which started as a News and Media feed.)

Ely Finch 7/11/20 Ely Finch 7/11/20

“An Introduction to the See Yip Language”

Online presentation at the annual general meeting of the Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria (CAFHOV).

Ely Finch 21/11/19 Ely Finch 21/11/19

Wellington Launch of The Poison of Polygamy

Third launch of The Poison of Polygamy, held in Wellington, New Zealand.

Ely Finch 22/10/19 Ely Finch 22/10/19

Melbourne Launch of The Poison of Polygamy with Guest Speaker Prof. John Fitzgerald

Second launch of The Poison of Polygamy, held at Readings Carlton.

Ely Finch 11/10/19 Ely Finch 11/10/19

Sydney Launch of The Poison of Polygamy with Guest Speaker Dr. Shirley Fitzgerald

First book launch for The Poison of Polygamy, held at Gleebooks, Glebe.

Ely Finch 10/10/19 Ely Finch 10/10/19

ACIAC Seminar: Chinese Australia’s First Novel—“The Poison of Polygamy”

Seminar presentation at Western Sydney University’s Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture.

Ely Finch 23/9/19 Ely Finch 23/9/19

The University of Melbourne’s Translation History Seminar Series

Presentation entitled “The Poison of Polygamy—An Early Australian Novel and the Complexities of its Translation”.

Ely Finch 20/9/19 Ely Finch 20/9/19

“The great Australian (Chinese) novel”

Article about The Poison of Polygamy published in the September 2019 special China issue of the Australian Newspaper’s companion business magazine The Deal.

Ely Finch 14/8/19 Ely Finch 14/8/19

SBS Cantonese interview—“澳洲最早中文長篇小説「多妻毒」譯者談翻譯之難處”

Cantonese-language interview with the translator about the early Australian novel The Poison of Polygamy and his translation thereof, which had just been released by Sydney University Press.

Ely Finch 17/7/19 Ely Finch 17/7/19

“Gold, Migration and Modernity: ‘The Poison of Polygamy” at ICAS 11

Joint presentation by the translator and historian Dr. Michael Williams at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Ely Finch 11/6/19 Ely Finch 11/6/19

“The surprising story of Wong Shee Ping” on ABC Radio National

Episode of The History Listen programme about the author of The Poison of Polygamy, within which his grandchildren, historian Dr. Michael Williams and I are interviewed.

Ely Finch 2/2/19 Ely Finch 2/2/19

Chinese Australian Historical Society New Year presentation

Presentation entitled “Chinese Australia’s First Novel: ‘The Poison of Polygamy’” delivered in the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts’ Mitchell Theatre.