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Famous Overseas Chinese from Gualing village
瓜嶺村
瓜嶺村
瓜嶺村
瓜嶺村
Gualing village 瓜嶺村 also known as Guazhou village 瓜洲村 was built in the Ming Dynasty (c. 1460) is the
hometown of many prominent overseas Chinese. The inhabitants are of peasant stock but over the years,
many had made their way overseas to better themselves. As early as 1856, many went to the Americas, Australia a
nd New Zealand (known as Gum Sarn 金山 or gold mountain) in search of gold so that they can better their lives, but in fact, they worked harder than ever, many paid a poll tax to enter a country and had to borrow the money to pay that. About 50% of the male population from the village went overseas and many never came back. Few made their fortune in the gold fields but the majority, when luck ran out turned to other ventures. A proliferation of fruit and vegetable shops, laundries, market gardens, barber shops and restaurants suddenly sprang up throughout the countries where the Chinese settled.Used to hard labour, the Chinese prospered and many
would send money back to the village to improve the standard ofliving. Schools were built and roads were improved from the overseas donations.
Some noted overseas Chinese from Gualing village are:
Wang Meizhong
黄美中
黄美中
黄美中
黄美中 (1834-1873) who was a government official in the Xianfeng years made a considerablecontribution to education and public works in the village. He went looking for gold in Australia in 1856 at the age of 22.It
is said that he found a giant gold nugget which he sent home. With his new found fortune, he purchased
land south of the village, dug fish ponds, planned a new village andbuilt Plum House, the Octagon and other buildings in the village. Heentrusted his son, Wong Gun Wing 黄衮荣to implement the building of the Wong ancestral hall in 1885 and alsodonated the granite to build the paved road outside the village.
Huang Guomin
黄國民
黄國民
黄國民
黄國民 (1874-1935) whose original name was Wong Sik Hum 黄錫堪lived in New Zealand from
childhood and because of his western culture, he became a KMT party member. Out of respect for Sun Yatsen, he
joined the national revolutionary cause and changed his name to 黄國民.
In 1912, he supported his brother Wong Sik She 黄錫樹in establishing the first Chinese private Zengcheng
“Guazhou Primary School”. In 1914, he became a Minister of the Chinese Kuomintang Party in Wellington and under orders from President Sun Yat-sen that year, hefound 427 people to donate large sums of money to support the “Taoyuan struggle 討袁鬥爭”.
In July 1922, again under orders of Sun Yat-sen, he returned to China as the Expeditionary Quartermaster of the Tenth Army headquarters.
In the same year, he was also appointed Zengcheng County Magistrate and the KMT Zengcheng Party Minister. During
his tenure, he fought against the gentry, bandits, maintained public order, improved agricultural production, education and other portfolios. After the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925, the Nationalist government declined and
Huang Goumin returned to New Zealand and lost interest in Chinese politics. He died in Wellington in 1935, aged 62.
Huang Tianhui
黄田惠
黄田惠
黄田惠
黄田惠
(1882-1961) borrowed money to pay the Poll Tax to come to New Zealand. He ran a market
garden at first but later joined the gold rush with others. At the age of 28, he returned to Guangzhou
to open an agricultural warehouse specialising in exporting. He was also involved in the building of the famous Gualing watch towers,irrigation, education autonomy and contributed to the relief of distress of the village. He was a philanthropist and stressed the importance of education for the children. When disaster struck the village one year, he supervised the shipment of rice from Guangzhou to the village forthe villagers and often in the case of hardship for some families, he would cover the children’s education costs. He wasdedicated to his village and in those days when bandits were rife, would organise the villagers to keep watch day and
night from the watch towers he built and supplied guns and ammunition for them.
Wong Hanqiang
黄漢強
黄漢強
黄漢強
黄漢強
Edmon Wong (b. 1929) came to New Zealand in 1940. He was the first Chinese in NewZealand to gain a PhD degree in Organic chemistry and pursued a career with the then DSIR. He later undertook postdoctoral work at UCLA in Los Angeles and Germany as recipient of prestigious international awards. He is recognisedinternationally for his research in the flavonoid products in plants or what is known today as natural antioxidantsin foods.
In 1972, he set up a laboratory to isolate and identify the chemical component given off by the smell
of mutton to which the Cantonese dislike. In 1077, he spent some time in Boston as a guest Research Associate at the US Army Research and Development Laboratories where he continued toisolate the other components relating to the odour of sheep meat but was only partly successful before returning to New Zealand. On returning to New Zealand, he had problems with the administrative authorities regarding his work so retired early and devoted his time to Chinese history
and literature.
Huang Jiquan
黄
黄 黄
黄 積 全
積 全
積 全
積 全
Mervyn Wong
(b. 1940) was born in Wellington and after obtaining a PhD in physics fromHarvard University in 1968, has stayed in the USA ever since. He has been involved in teaching and research at theUniversities and research institutes of Harvard, Hamburg, Princeton, Beijing and Berkeley.
Huang Zhonge
黄
黄
黄
黄 宗 岳
宗 岳
宗 岳
宗 岳
Paul Wong graduated top of the School of Engineering with BE (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering in 1972 at Canterbury University and obtained a PhD in Robotics Engineering. His PhD research has beencited in international journals for the next two decades. He is the owner of Applied Robotics, a succe
ssful Australian company, which provides robotic technology to overseas companies in Europe, Australasia and the USA as well as numerous commissions for the Australian Government.
Huang Jinlian
黄
黄 黄
黄 錦 蓮
錦 蓮
錦 蓮
錦 蓮
Alison Wong(b 1960), is a poet and writer. Her poetry was first published in 2006 and in July
2009, her first novel,he Earth Turns Silver was launched and established herself as a promising novelist in New Zea-land.
Huang Lida
黄
黄 黄
黄 李
李 李
李 达
达
达
达
Stan Wong is a retired electrical engineer and a former Director of National Power in New Zea-
land.
Compiled from Lychees Hometown magazine and Gwa Leng Wongs in NZ.
www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2011/Winter_issue_2011_pdf.pdf
瓜嶺村
瓜嶺村
瓜嶺村
瓜嶺村
Gualing village 瓜嶺村 also known as Guazhou village 瓜洲村 was built in the Ming Dynasty (c. 1460) is the
hometown of many prominent overseas Chinese. The inhabitants are of peasant stock but over the years,
many had made their way overseas to better themselves. As early as 1856, many went to the Americas, Australia a
nd New Zealand (known as Gum Sarn 金山 or gold mountain) in search of gold so that they can better their lives, but in fact, they worked harder than ever, many paid a poll tax to enter a country and had to borrow the money to pay that. About 50% of the male population from the village went overseas and many never came back. Few made their fortune in the gold fields but the majority, when luck ran out turned to other ventures. A proliferation of fruit and vegetable shops, laundries, market gardens, barber shops and restaurants suddenly sprang up throughout the countries where the Chinese settled.Used to hard labour, the Chinese prospered and many
would send money back to the village to improve the standard ofliving. Schools were built and roads were improved from the overseas donations.
Some noted overseas Chinese from Gualing village are:
Wang Meizhong
黄美中
黄美中
黄美中
黄美中 (1834-1873) who was a government official in the Xianfeng years made a considerablecontribution to education and public works in the village. He went looking for gold in Australia in 1856 at the age of 22.It
is said that he found a giant gold nugget which he sent home. With his new found fortune, he purchased
land south of the village, dug fish ponds, planned a new village andbuilt Plum House, the Octagon and other buildings in the village. Heentrusted his son, Wong Gun Wing 黄衮荣to implement the building of the Wong ancestral hall in 1885 and alsodonated the granite to build the paved road outside the village.
Huang Guomin
黄國民
黄國民
黄國民
黄國民 (1874-1935) whose original name was Wong Sik Hum 黄錫堪lived in New Zealand from
childhood and because of his western culture, he became a KMT party member. Out of respect for Sun Yatsen, he
joined the national revolutionary cause and changed his name to 黄國民.
In 1912, he supported his brother Wong Sik She 黄錫樹in establishing the first Chinese private Zengcheng
“Guazhou Primary School”. In 1914, he became a Minister of the Chinese Kuomintang Party in Wellington and under orders from President Sun Yat-sen that year, hefound 427 people to donate large sums of money to support the “Taoyuan struggle 討袁鬥爭”.
In July 1922, again under orders of Sun Yat-sen, he returned to China as the Expeditionary Quartermaster of the Tenth Army headquarters.
In the same year, he was also appointed Zengcheng County Magistrate and the KMT Zengcheng Party Minister. During
his tenure, he fought against the gentry, bandits, maintained public order, improved agricultural production, education and other portfolios. After the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925, the Nationalist government declined and
Huang Goumin returned to New Zealand and lost interest in Chinese politics. He died in Wellington in 1935, aged 62.
Huang Tianhui
黄田惠
黄田惠
黄田惠
黄田惠
(1882-1961) borrowed money to pay the Poll Tax to come to New Zealand. He ran a market
garden at first but later joined the gold rush with others. At the age of 28, he returned to Guangzhou
to open an agricultural warehouse specialising in exporting. He was also involved in the building of the famous Gualing watch towers,irrigation, education autonomy and contributed to the relief of distress of the village. He was a philanthropist and stressed the importance of education for the children. When disaster struck the village one year, he supervised the shipment of rice from Guangzhou to the village forthe villagers and often in the case of hardship for some families, he would cover the children’s education costs. He wasdedicated to his village and in those days when bandits were rife, would organise the villagers to keep watch day and
night from the watch towers he built and supplied guns and ammunition for them.
Wong Hanqiang
黄漢強
黄漢強
黄漢強
黄漢強
Edmon Wong (b. 1929) came to New Zealand in 1940. He was the first Chinese in NewZealand to gain a PhD degree in Organic chemistry and pursued a career with the then DSIR. He later undertook postdoctoral work at UCLA in Los Angeles and Germany as recipient of prestigious international awards. He is recognisedinternationally for his research in the flavonoid products in plants or what is known today as natural antioxidantsin foods.
In 1972, he set up a laboratory to isolate and identify the chemical component given off by the smell
of mutton to which the Cantonese dislike. In 1077, he spent some time in Boston as a guest Research Associate at the US Army Research and Development Laboratories where he continued toisolate the other components relating to the odour of sheep meat but was only partly successful before returning to New Zealand. On returning to New Zealand, he had problems with the administrative authorities regarding his work so retired early and devoted his time to Chinese history
and literature.
Huang Jiquan
黄
黄 黄
黄 積 全
積 全
積 全
積 全
Mervyn Wong
(b. 1940) was born in Wellington and after obtaining a PhD in physics fromHarvard University in 1968, has stayed in the USA ever since. He has been involved in teaching and research at theUniversities and research institutes of Harvard, Hamburg, Princeton, Beijing and Berkeley.
Huang Zhonge
黄
黄
黄
黄 宗 岳
宗 岳
宗 岳
宗 岳
Paul Wong graduated top of the School of Engineering with BE (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering in 1972 at Canterbury University and obtained a PhD in Robotics Engineering. His PhD research has beencited in international journals for the next two decades. He is the owner of Applied Robotics, a succe
ssful Australian company, which provides robotic technology to overseas companies in Europe, Australasia and the USA as well as numerous commissions for the Australian Government.
Huang Jinlian
黄
黄 黄
黄 錦 蓮
錦 蓮
錦 蓮
錦 蓮
Alison Wong(b 1960), is a poet and writer. Her poetry was first published in 2006 and in July
2009, her first novel,he Earth Turns Silver was launched and established herself as a promising novelist in New Zea-land.
Huang Lida
黄
黄 黄
黄 李
李 李
李 达
达
达
达
Stan Wong is a retired electrical engineer and a former Director of National Power in New Zea-
land.
Compiled from Lychees Hometown magazine and Gwa Leng Wongs in NZ.
www.tungjung.org.nz/images/stories/newsletters/2011/Winter_issue_2011_pdf.pdf