Why Doesn’t Hobart Have a Chinatown?

Why doesn’t Hobart have a Chinatown?

A row of buildings in Hobart that were built in the early twentieth century, after several fires destroyed some of the old weatherboard shops that housed both Chinese and European businesses. Author providedOn November 18 1909, greengrocer Claude Nam Shing was woken up by shouts of “fire”. He found his store, on the corner of Elizabeth and Melville Streets in central Hobart, ablaze. He escaped quickly. The fire brigade arrived and the fire was d…

Sydney, Melbourne have them: Why does Hobart not have a Chinatown?

While Tasmania’s capital has never had a Chinatown like Melbourne or Sydney, the footprint of Chinese migration remains all over the city to this day.