Post by nzbc on Feb 20, 2016 9:55:06 GMT 12
King Nam Jang (85 George St, The Rocks) operated from 1911 to the mid ‘60s. It was a ship providore and provided accommodation for Chinese transhipping across the Pacific from China, guano workers bound for Nauru and the Chinese crew of the foundered SS Malabar.
Young Cumines arrived in Australia in 1877 on the SS Brisbane from Canton in China. In 1911 Young Cumines established King Nam Jang in the Rocks.
This portrait shows Young Cumines, his wife Fanny and their family c. 1910. Young and Fanny went on to have seven children and thirty-three grandchildren.
IMAGE: The Cumines Family L-R: Mabel, Fanny, Alice, Richard (back), George, Young, William.
The Cumines family eased the way for Chinese arriving in Sydney by interpreting for Customs and Immigration. During World War II, King Nam Jang also housed Chinese refugees who had fled war in the Pacific.
IMAGE: The Sun, 20th November 1942, page 4. Image appears courtesy of Fairfax Media.
This is (page 1/2) of the original Memorandum of Agreement, relating to the use of 85 George St, Sydney, for King Nam Jang, grocers, and later, ship providores, signed by Young Cumines and witnessed by his son Richard, on 19 September 1911.
Young Cumines also signed as “Ah King” – his Chinese name was Lo King Nam.
Source: Cumines Family Collection
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