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Chinese Australians, the Glossary

Chinese Australians are Australians of Chinese origin.^[1]

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Adelaide

Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.

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Ancestor veneration in China

Chinese ancestor veneration, also called Chinese ancestor worship, is an aspect of the Chinese traditional religion which revolves around the ritual celebration of the deified ancestors and tutelary deities of people with the same surname organised into lineage societies in ancestral shrines.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Asian Australians

Asian Australians are Australians of Asian ancestry, including naturalised Australians who are immigrants from various regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants.

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Australia–China relations

Consular relations between China and Australia were first established in 1909, and diplomatic relations were established in 1941.

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Australia–Taiwan relations

Relations between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Republic of China, formerly the Qing dynasty, date back to 1909.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is an Australian Government agency that collects and analyses statistics on economic, population, environmental, and social issues to advise the Australian Government.

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Australian English

Australian English (AusE, AusEng, AuE, AuEng, en-AU) is the set of varieties of the English language native to Australia.

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Australian gold rushes

During the Australian gold rushes, starting in 1851, significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known simply as Labor or the Labor Party, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia.

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Australians

Australians, colloquially known as Aussies or Antipodeans, are the citizens, nationals and individuals associated with the country of Australia.

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Bicultural identity

Bicultural identity is the condition of being oneself regarding the combination of two cultures.

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Billy Sing

William Edward Sing, DCM (3 March 1886 – 19 May 1943), known as Billy Sing, was an Australian soldier of Chinese and English descent who served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, best known as a sniper during the Gallipoli Campaign. Chinese Australians and Billy Sing are Australian people of Chinese descent.

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Bob Hawke

Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

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Brisbane

Brisbane (Meanjin) is the capital of the state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million.

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Buckland riot

The Buckland riot was an anti-Chinese race riot that occurred on 4 July 1857, in the goldfields of the Buckland Valley, Victoria, Australia, near present-day Porepunkah.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Cantonese

Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta, with over 82.4 million native speakers.

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Cantonese people

The Cantonese people or Yue people, are a Han Chinese subgroup originating from or residing in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (collectively known as Liangguang or, with other regions, Lingnan), in southern mainland China.

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Capital city

A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.

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Chinatown

Chinatown is the catch-all name for an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting.

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Chinatown, Brisbane

Chinatown, Brisbane (布里斯本唐人街) is a precinct in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia.

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Chinatown, Melbourne

Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Chinatown, Perth

Chinatown in Northbridge, an inner city suburb of Perth, Western Australia is bounded by Roe Street, Nicks Lane, the businesses facing James Street, and the Roe Street car park.

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Chinatown, Sydney

Chinatown is an urban enclave situated in the southern part of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia.

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Chinatowns in Australia

Chinatowns in Australia is a term used to describe major Chinese ethnic enclaves in Australia, especially those that claim to retain a strong Chinese cultural identity and a strong relationship with China.

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Chinatowns in Oceania

This article discusses Chinatowns in Oceania.

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Chinese folk religion

Chinese folk religion, also known as Chinese popular religion, comprehends a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora.

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Chinese Indonesians

Chinese Indonesians (Orang Tionghoa Indonesia), or simply Orang Tionghoa or Tionghoa, are Indonesians whose ancestors arrived from China at some stage in the last eight centuries.

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Chinese Museum, Melbourne

The Chinese Museum or Museum of Chinese Australian History is an Australian history museum located in Melbourne's Chinatown, which is dedicated to documenting, preserving and displaying the history, heritage and culture of Australia's Chinese community.

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Chinese Peruvians

Chinese Peruvians, also known as tusán (a loanword from), are Peruvian citizens whose ancestors came from China.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christmas Island

The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name.

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Chung Tian Temple

Chung Tian Temple is a Chan Buddhist temple located at 1034 Underwood Road, Priestdale, Queensland, Australia.

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Confucianism

Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.

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Creative Commons license

A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work".

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Demographics of Australia

The population of Australia is estimated to be as of. The population estimate shown is automatically calculated daily at 00:00 UTC and is based on data obtained from the population clock on the date shown in the citation. Australia is the 56th most populous country in the world and the most populous Oceanian country.

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Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney is a digital humanities project to produce an online, expert-written encyclopaedia of all aspects of the history of Sydney.

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Division of Aston

The Division of Aston is an Australian Federal Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Bennelong

The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Chisholm

The Division of Chisholm is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

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Division of Kooyong

The Division of Kooyong is an Australian Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of Victoria, which covers an area of approximately in the inner-east of Melbourne.

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Division of Reid

The Division of Reid is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Economy of China

China's economy is a developing mixed socialist market economy, incorporating industrial policies and strategic five-year plans.

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English Australians

English Australians, also known as Anglo-Australians, are Australians whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.

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Federation of Australia

The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.

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Fo Guang Shan

Fo Guang Shan (FGS) is an international Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist organization and monastic order based in Taiwan that practices Humanistic Buddhism whose roots are traced to the Linji school of Chan Buddhism.

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Hakka Chinese

Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:,; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ) forms a language group of varieties of Chinese, spoken natively by the Hakka people in parts of Southern China, Taiwan, some diaspora areas of Southeast Asia and in overseas Chinese communities around the world.

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Hakka people

The Hakka, sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province.

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Heavenly Queen Temple (Melbourne)

The Heavenly Queen Temple is a temple dedicated to Mazu or Tian Shang Sheng Mu (天上聖母), Chinese Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity of fishermen, sailors and any occupations related to sea/ocean, also regarded as Ancestral Deity for Lim (林) Clan.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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History of Chinese Australians

The history of Chinese after those from the British Isles. Chinese Australians and history of Chinese Australians are Australian people of Chinese descent.

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Hokkien

Hokkien is a variety of the Southern Min languages, native to and originating from the Minnan region, in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China.

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Holy Triad Temple, Albion

The Holy Triad Temple is a heritage-listed temple at 32 Higgs Street, Albion, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hong Kong Australians

Hong Kong Australians are Australian citizens or permanent residents of Hong Kong descent.

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Immigration to Australia

The Australian continent was first settled when ancestors of Indigenous Australians arrived via the islands of Maritime Southeast Asia and New Guinea over 50,000 years ago.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Irreligion

Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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John Shying

John Pong Shying (b. ca. 1796, Canton, China; d. 18 June 1880, Sydney, Australia) was the first known Chinese born settler to Australia, arriving in 1818.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Lambing Flat riots

The Lambing Flat riots were a series of violent anti-Chinese demonstrations that took place in the Burrangong region, in New South Wales, Australia.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia.

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List of Chinese Australians

This is a list of notable Chinese Australians. Chinese Australians and list of Chinese Australians are Australian people of Chinese descent.

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List of cities in Australia by population

These lists of Australian cities by population provide rankings of Australian cities and towns according to various systems defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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List of varieties of Chinese

The following is a list of Sinitic languages and their dialects.

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Lowe Kong Meng

Lowe Kong Meng (born 1830 or 1831; died 22 October 1888) was a Chinese-Australian businessman.

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Macau

Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Mainland China

Mainland China is the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War.

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Malay language

Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Malaysian Australians

Malaysian Australians (orang Malaysia Australia) refers to Malaysians who have migrated to Australia or Australian-born citizens who are of Malaysian descent.

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May 1998 riots of Indonesia

The May 1998 Indonesia riots (Kerusuhan Mei 1998), also known colloquially as the 1998 tragedy (Tragedi 1998) or simply the 98 event (Peristiwa 98), were incidents of mass violence, revolutionary protests, and civil unrest in Indonesia in May 1998.

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Mei Quong Tart

Moy Quong Tart, often anachronistically known as Mei Quong Tart, was a prominent nineteenth century Sydney merchant from China. Chinese Australians and mei Quong Tart are Australian people of Chinese descent.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Morrison government

The Morrison government was the federal executive government of Australia, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison of the Liberal Party of Australia, between 2018 and 2022.

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Nan Tien Temple

Fo Guang Shan Nan Tien Temple is a Buddhist temple complex located in Berkeley, on the southern outskirts of the Australian city of Wollongong, approximately south of Sydney.

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New Zealand Australians

New Zealand Australians refers to Australian citizens whose origins are in New Zealand, as well as New Zealand migrants and expatriates based in Australia.

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Overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese people are those of Chinese birth or ethnicity who reside outside mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

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Parramatta

Parramatta (Burramatta) is a major suburb and commercial district in Greater Western Sydney, located approximately west of the Sydney CBD, on the banks of the Parramatta River.

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Pearl River Delta

The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea.

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Per capita

Per capita is a Latin phrase literally meaning "by heads" or "for each head", and idiomatically used to mean "per person".

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Perth

Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.

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Peter Dutton

Peter Craig Dutton (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian politician and former police detective serving as the current Leader of the Opposition, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Portuguese language

Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Pub

A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.

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Refugee

A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.

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Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces of Peru

The Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces (Gobierno Revolucionario de la Fuerza Armada) was a military dictatorship that ruled Peru from 1968 to 1980 after a successful coup d'état by the Armed Forces of Peru.

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Scott Morrison

Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1968) is an Australian former politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022.

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Shanghainese

The Shanghainese language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the city of Shanghai and its surrounding areas.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Singaporean Australians

Singaporean Australians are Australians of Singaporean descent.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912‒1949).

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States and territories of Australia

The states and territories are the second level of government of Australia.

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Sydney

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

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Sze Yup Temple

The Sze Yup Temple (Chinese: 悉尼四邑關帝廟) is a heritage-listed Chinese joss house and Taoist temple located at Victoria Road in the inner western Sydney suburb of Glebe in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.

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Tagalog language

Tagalog (Baybayin) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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Taiwanese Australians

Taiwanese Australians are Australian citizens or permanent residents who carry full or partial ancestry from the East Asian island country of Taiwan or from preceding Taiwanese regimes.

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Taoism

Taoism or Daoism is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao—generally understood as an impersonal, enigmatic process of transformation ultimately underlying reality.

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Teal independents

Teal independents, simply known as teals and also called community independents, are a loosely-aligned group of centrist, independent or minor party politicians in Australian politics.

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Thai language

Thai,In ภาษาไทย| ''Phasa Thai'' or Central Thai (historically Siamese;Although "Thai" and "Central Thai" have become more common, the older term, "Siamese", is still used by linguists, especially when it is being distinguished from other Tai languages (Diller 2008:6).

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Vietnamese language

Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the national and official language.

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White Australia policy

The White Australia policy was a set of racist policies that aimed to forbid people of non-European ethnic originsespecially Asians (primarily Chinese) and Pacific Islandersfrom immigrating to Australia in order to create a "white/British" ideal focused on but not exclusively Anglo-Celtic peoples.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Australians

Also known as Australian Chinese, Australian-born Chinese, Chinese Australian, Chinese in Australia, Chinese-Australian, Chinese-Australians, Sino-Australians.

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