CADCAI in Cairns, Queensland, Australia | Community organisation

CADCAI

Locality: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 406 342 703

Address: Grafton St 4870 Cairns, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.cadcai.org.au/

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23.01.2022 Thanks for sharing this local story Pyramid News.

22.01.2022 Beautifully carved Cairns Lit Sung Goong altar with inscriptions bearing names of donors and year of manufacture with ornamental hanging object above. (LSG Objects # 6 &7.) Please inform us if you have more knowledge about significance of this hanging peice in Taoist temples.

21.01.2022 An invaluable resource re North Queensland Chinese family landscape (1860 - 1920) Congratulations Dr Sandi Robb on your recently published thesis.

21.01.2022 Chinese community float celebrating Cairns centenary celebrations in 1976 with lion mask atop.

21.01.2022 Tropically colored home -made lion costume used by the Chinese community in the 1960s with our oldest remaining lion.

20.01.2022 Lantern Festival, Cairns Chinese Friendship Gardens, Greenslopes St.

20.01.2022 Molihua girls danced gracefully inside pavilion

19.01.2022 All in day's work.

18.01.2022 Remembering Andrew Leon - CADCAI is a proud supporter of the Hap Wah Project which recently erected a memorial headstone on the previously unmarked grave of Andrew Leon and Mary Leon at Cairns Cemetery. The unofficial unveiling of the headstone on 27 June 2020 celebrated the 100th anniversary of Andrews passing. CADCAI acknowledges and thanks Julia Volkmar OAM for her work and valuable contribution to this research project. Andrew Leon was an important Cairns pioneer and ...community leader in the late 19th century. It is not known when he first came to Queensland but was in Bowen in 1866, baptised in 1868 and married an Irish woman Mary Piggott in St Marys Catholic Church in 1869. The family followed the gold trail to Ravenswood, Millchester, and then Cooktown where he managed various Chinese enterprises including Sun Yee Lee & Co in 1875. When Cairns opened as a port in 1876, Leon was one of the first Chinese to arrive. Having taken the oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria to become a British subject in the Colony, Leon was able to purchase property and make significant agricultural acquisitions for the Hap Wah Co. He established and managed the 1,250 acre Hap Wah Plantation and Pioneer Mill between 1878 and 1882 - the first sugar plantation and mill in the Cairns District. The plantation also grew the first cotton export from the area in 1882, the same year as their first sugar export. The other significant purchase by Leon in 1886 was an allotment in Cairns Chinatown which the Chungshan Lit Sung Goong temple was built and opened in 1887. Leon was a Trustee for the temple. Having also served the community as court interpreter from the 1870s through his elder years and assisting his countryman by interpreting on other matters, Leon was among the most highly respected men in both the European and Chinese communities of Cairns in the 1880 and 1890s.

18.01.2022 CADCAI is busy preparing for the Cairns Airport CN Y street Festival. Cultural performances , drumming, music , food, childrens activities, stilt walker and lots more

16.01.2022 You can watch it live here :): https://www.aljazeera.com/live/

14.01.2022 Not Sydney NSW, Chinese Friendship Gardens Greenslopes St Cairns !!!

14.01.2022 More from Sandi

13.01.2022 Cracking night for the Cairns Airport Chinese New Year Street Festival Great to see Cairns locals and visitors out supporting this fantastic event.

13.01.2022 Object #2 Treasures of the Cairns Lit Sung Goong - Reverse painting on glass of Guanyin, the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with compassion. She was given the title "Goddess of Mercy" by Jesuit missionaries in China. The Jesuit missionaries introduced the technique of painting on glass of religious icons from medieval Europe into China from the 16th - 18th century

12.01.2022 CADCAI advises the Chinese classes advertised to start tomorrow have had to be postponed. We apologise for the short notice.

12.01.2022 CADCAI feeling very proud and happy at Two Worlds exhibition opening

11.01.2022 Only few weeks left to visit or re-visit this excellent exhibition at Cairns Museum - Two Worlds : Chinese Australians in Cairns from WW2 to the 1960s

11.01.2022 Congratulations Marita! Previous post was research article by Marita’s brother Christopher. Great to see them both excelling in their chosen fields.

11.01.2022 Objects # 3 # 4 and # 5 .. Three wooden and leather drums which were used for ritual and festive occasions. Collection of Cairns Lit Sung Goong 1878- 1966.

11.01.2022 The amazing presentation and delicious food from each end of the table at our Chinese Association X'mas gathering

11.01.2022 An interesting Cairns story from researcher Sandi Robb

10.01.2022 Cairns Chinese community’s oldest performance lion from the Lit Sung Goong temple collection. Last seen in public in on float to commemorate Cairns’ 100 year anniversary in 1976. Hoping to find funding to preserve this now very fragile object.

09.01.2022 Pleased to announce this Conference has come back to Cairns this year!

09.01.2022 Come on down to decorate your own lantern then you can place it afloat with wishes for the new year, in the lake on our Lantern Festival at Chinese Friendship G...arden tomorrow. And lanterns can be purchased on the evening aswell, with your written hopes, deepest regrets and fondest dreams. Plus your last chance to watch our lions, dragon and Molihua girls dances See more

09.01.2022 Interested in caring for books, photographs or art works on paper? Free workshops are being offered by Sorenson Arts Conservation here at the School of Arts. Details and bookings https://www.sartconservation.com/workshops-2020

07.01.2022 Thank you Bendigo Bank and Connected Communites FNQ! This grant will enable CADCAI to complete the conservation treatment of a historic community drum, part of the Cairns Lit Sung Goong heritage collection.

07.01.2022 Spring cleaning for our next exhibition with Cairns Museum: Dragons, lions: the sights and sounds of Chinese New Year.

07.01.2022 Do you think your cultural heritage affects your professional choices at all? Tech extraordinaire Brett Leavy (founder of Virtual Songlines) and Marita Cheng (founder of Robogals and Aubot) talk about career, culture and the things they have in common. #walkingtogether

07.01.2022 Well done Christopher Cheng

07.01.2022 For Chinese movie lovers - Another Chinese movie at Cairns cinema this weekend!

06.01.2022 CADCAI is sharing some treasures of the Cairns Lit Sung Goong Collection ... Object #1: Reverse painting on glass of Bak Dei ( Bei Ti) the mysterious God of the north, one of several deities which were worshipped in the Cairns Lit Sung Goong ( temple) 1887 - 1966

05.01.2022 Thanks to our frontline medical workers and all the Cairns community for doing their part in keeping Covid-19 at bay.

05.01.2022 We welcomed the Year of the Rat and Chinese New Year with CADCAI performing a lion dance this morning. Lions symbolise power, wisdon and superiority and these d...ances bring good fortune, chase away evil spirits, and bring prosperity and good luck for the upcoming year. For information about other events, go to https://www.cadcai.org.au/chinese-new-year/ Gong xi fai cai!

04.01.2022 Two more beautiful artefacts from Cairns Lit Sung Goong Collection - T77 & 78 : Carved Lotus Flower; each flower features 32 petals in two shades of gold gild. Carved from a single piece of wood, the panels were designed as an ornate edging to secure fabric banners displayed in the temple. The hooks for hanging and a remnant of frayed material survive. Due to its traditonal and long association with both Buddhism and Taoism, the lotus, representing purity is of unique importance in Chinese culture and folklore. It is one of the eight Buddhist precious objects and is widely used as decorative motif. The word in Chinese is "lian" which also means to connect, to give continuity and ensures that the message the lotus is associated with will persist through time.

03.01.2022 Lantern Festival Chinese gardens tomorrow night

03.01.2022 This exhibition, "Two Worlds" is on at the Cairns Museum until the end of March. Wed would love to hear from anyone who has old family photographs to share

02.01.2022 Community Notice Board : CADCAI's Chinese language school will start this week.

02.01.2022 More objects from the Cairns Lit Sung Goong collection .. two wooden shrine tablets.

01.01.2022 You are invited the attend

01.01.2022 National Volunteer Week 19-24 may