Full title: William J. Liu - Papers, 1907-1983, together with the papers of D. G. (Dalton Gokbo) Liu, 1921-1994

Author/creator: Anzac Society (Shanghai, Republic of China), Arnold, Julean, 1875-1946, Austral-China Navigation Co. Limited, Australia. Dept. of Immigration, Australia. Dept. of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Australia. Dept. of Labor and Immigration, Australia-China Association, Australia-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New South Wales, Australia-China Society. N.S.W. Branch, Australian Chinese Association of New South Wales, Australian Chinese Community Association of New South Wales, Australian Citizenship Convention, Australian Institute of Anatomy, Australian-Oriental Line, Bowden, V. G. (Vivian Gordon), 1884-1942, Bunting, John, Sir, 1918-1995, Burgmann, E. H. (Ernest Henry), 1885-1967, Calwell, Arthur A. (Arthur Augustus), 1896-1973, Charteris, A. H. (Archibald Hamilton), 1874-1940, Chen, C. T, Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-, China-Australia Mail Steamship Line, Chinese Australasian Association of Hong Kong, Chinese Comforts Fund. Australia Division, Chinese Residents' Refugees Relief Fund Committee (Australia), Chong, Choy, Choy, Gregory, Clarke, J. L. (John Lea), Liu, William J., 1893-1983.

Date: 1907 - 1994.

Call Numbers: MLMSS 6294/Boxes 1-8, 10-15, 17-18, MLMSS 6294/Boxes 9X, 16X, 20X, MLMSS 6294/Folder 19X

Record Identifier: YolEe5v9

Language: English, Chinese

Formats: Manuscripts, Pictures, Photographs, Paintings

Contents: 2.72 metres of textual material (16 boxes, 4 outsize items) includes photographs, Textual Records, Textual Records - (computer printouts), Textual Records - (photocopy), Textual Records - (typescript), Textual Records - (typescript, with manuscript annotations and corrections), Textual Records - (typescript, carbon), Textual Records - (typescript, processed), Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy), Clippings, Clippings - (photocopy), Textual Records - (printed), Textual Records - (printed, photocopy), Paintings

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Notes: Liu termed the period from 1972 to 1982 as 'The Golden Decade', beginning with the Whitlam Government's reformist programs and the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. In 1973 Liu was a member of a Chinese committee collecting information for and making recommendations to the National Population Inquiry concerning the long-term interests of Chinese in Australia. A direct result of these activities was the establishment of the Australian Chinese Community Association of New South Wales. The Minister for Immigration, A. J. Grassby, later abandoned the Citizenship Conventions and introduced more equitable procedures for acquiring Australian citizenship. In 1982 Liu was appointed OBE. He celebrated his 90th birthday at a testimonial dinner hosted by the Australia-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New South Wales. William J. Liu's life was crowded with achievement, and his name is perpetuated in a prize for Chinese Studies at the University of New South Wales. Dalton Gokbo (Bo) Liu, retired businessman and the son of William J. Liu, was born in Sydney in 1917. During the war he served on destroyers in the Royal Australian Navy. He was Chairman of the Banana Section of the New South Wales Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable Industries and was instrumental in the development of Sydney's Flemington Markets, the wholesale fruit and vegetable centre of New South Wales. In 1991 he was appointed OAM for service to the banana industry. From 1983 to 1989 Bo Liu was a Deputy Governor of the Australia-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New South Wales. As Chairman of the Chamber's Cultural Committee, he presided over its Memorial Scrolls Project, intiated in honour of his late father. Twenty-six traditional scroll paintings in the Gongbi style depicting William J. Liu's life and work were the focus of a travelling exhibition around Australia and to China between 1991 and 1995. The exhibition was held at the State Library of New South Wales from September 1993 to February 1994. Digital order no:a928173

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