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William Liu interviewed by Hazel de Berg

Liu, William J. L.
1978 Feb. 17

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Session 1

Start timeSummaryKeywords
00.00.00Introduction; return to Australia in 1909 from Hong Kong; schoolingSydney, Hong Kong, Barbara West, Hornsby, Consulate General Huang, Melbourne
00.04.41Interest in the White Australia PolicyMelbourne, Consulate General Huang
00.07.17Life in Melbourne during his 1912-1914 yearsFather King, Melbourne, Taishan, Hong Kong
00.11.42First taking a Bible class in MelbourneGin-Gu*, Reverend Soo, Melbourne
00.25.48How he got his secret school name; early contact with religionTaishan, Sook Ming, Kwong-Fook, Kwong-Wing
00.25.49End of session

Session 2

Start timeSummaryKeywords
00.00.00Schooling in his boyhood days in China
00.02.24Working for the Consulate General under the White Australia PolicyMelbourne, Fred J. Quinlan
00.07.16Attack on the Consulate GeneralConsulate General Huang, William Ah Ket, Thomas Chia, Tong Ling Tong*, Eunie Russell*, Hsieh
00.13.57Later return trips to ShanghaiCuiheng, Melbourne, Shanghai, Sydney, Dr. Sun Yat-sen
00.18.48Early business experience and involvement with the Australia China Navigation Steamship CompanyMelbourne, Shanghai, Wong-Chi*, George Bill*, Sydney, Hong Kong, Canton, Adelaide, Fred J. Quinlan
00.24.39Raised the Chinese five-bar flag at the Consulate General in MelbourneMelbourne
00.27.44Formation of the Australia China Navigation Steamship CompanyHong Kong, Shanghai, Yee Wing, Sydney, George White, Charlie Hughes, Langley Webb*
00.27.45End of session

Session 3

Start timeSummaryKeywords
00.00.00Difficulties with transferring the steamers to the companyHong Kong, Yin Sun Lee*, George Bill*, Langley Webb, George White, Yee Wing, Ouei Tztse King, Billy Hughes, Jim Boyd, Charlie Hughes, Admiral Clarkson, Billy Cray*
00.05.56Difficulties getting the steamships to Hong Kong; meeting with Sun Yat-SenHong Kong, Darwin, Shanghai, George Bill*, A. C. Willis, James Patrick, Sun Yat-Sen, Canton
00.13.08His ventures into the furniture businessMelbourne, Sydney, George Bill*, Harry Foy, Ma Sun Ji*
00.21.05The Wing Sang & Co.Sydney, Mar Ying Bu*, Choi Hing*, Soo Dak*, Mar Wing Chan*, Anthony Horden, Hong Kong, Choi Chong*, Shanghai
00.24.34Establishment of the 'George Ernest Morrison Lecture in Ethnology'Coglan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Rowntree, Sydney, Canberra, Fred J. Quinlan, George Ernest Morrison, Sir Colin MacKenzie, William Ah Ket, Melbourne, W. P. Chen
00.24.35End of session

Session 4

Start timeSummaryKeywords
00.00.00The 'George Earnest Morrison Lectures in Ethnology'; his book 'China and the Trouble in Manchuria'George Earnest Morrison, William Ah Ket, Fred J. Quinlan, Sir Colin MacKenzie, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Billy Young, J. H. C. Sleeman*, Wu Lin Dak*, Darwin, Cho Cheng Lee*
00.11.07His visit to Shanghai in 1932Shanghai, Bill Mar, Sydney, Wong Ji-in*, Hong Kong, Monty Woolley
00.20.15The book 'White China'J. H. C. Sleeman*, Shanghai, Choi Chong*, Balmain, Hong Kong, Canton
00.26.11Receiving funding for the Sun Company Department StoreHong Kong, Shanghai, Canton, Choi*, John Brennan*, Peking, Choi Chong*, Choi Hing*, London
00.26.12End of session

Session 5

Start timeSummaryKeywords
00.00.00Installed the first two escalators in ChinaShanghai
00.02.58His views on the Republic of ChinaSun Yat-Sen
00.07.36Activities on his return to Australia; the effects of WW II on the Chinese community in AustraliaHarry Foy, Sydney, Hong Kong
00.10.44Immigration policy in Australia after WW IISir Douglas Copland, Charles Lee, Arthur Calwell, Horsley, Canberra
00.16.32Transformations in Australia's immigration policy
00.20.44Immigration policy today
00.23.50His thoughts on philosophy and Marxism in China
00.29.30His thoughts on the relationship between China and Australia
00.29.31End of session

Session 6

Start timeSummaryKeywords
00.00.00The Australian economy today; conduct and behaviour in Australia
00.03.42The Australia China SocietyCanberra, Lazarus
00.06.54The teachings of Confucius
00.11.39Letter to Queen Elizabeth about equality of citizenshipQueen Elizabeth II, Lord De L'Isle, Brisbane, Kingsford, Robert Menzies, Canberra, W. L. Tyrrell, Richard Liu
00.11.40End of session
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