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Louey Pang, Harry

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Occupation
fruit merchant
Alternative Names
  • Lei Peng (pinyin)
  • Louey Pang, Harry (also used)
  • Pang, H. (also used)
  • Pang, Harry Louey (also used)
  • 雷鹏 (Chinese characters)

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Harry Louey Pang was a prosperous fruit merchant and prominent civic leader in Melbourne.

He was a leader in the Melbourne Chinese Empire Reform Association (1904 organisation) and believed that Australian prejudice would be weakened as the Chinese took up Western manners and customs. He was also a member of the Christian Chinese Union of Victoria c1903.

On 5 November 1918 he attended the Chinese interstate convention held in Melbourne. In April 1920, as a republican, he refused (with others) to be registered under the Beijing government which he considered to be illegitimate. In 1920 he was elected vice-president of the Victorian Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber became more nationalist in its policies during his office. He was later an office bearer in the Chinese Nationalist Party of Melbourne in 1923.

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Christian Chinese Union of Victoria [photograph caption]', Weekly Times, 25 April 1903, p. 12, 15; Yong, C.F., New Gold Mountain: The Chinese in Australia 1901-1920, Raphael Arts, South Australia, 1977.

Prepared by: Sophie Couchman, La Trobe University

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Books

  • Yong, C.F., New Gold Mountain: The Chinese in Australia 1901-1920, Raphael Arts, South Australia, 1977. [ Details... ]

Newspaper Articles

  • 'Christian Chinese Union of Victoria [photograph caption]', Weekly Times, 25 April 1903, p. 12, 15. [ Details... ]

Images

Title
Christian Chinese Union of Victoria
Type
Photograph
Date
1903
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Harry Louey Pang
Type
Photograph
Date
- 1925
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Office bears of the Chinese Nationalist Party, Melbourne
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1923
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
Details
Title
Picnic of the Chinese Empire Reform Association at Oakleigh Park
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1906
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Created: 19 May 2003, Last modified: 18 October 2006