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A LONG-TIME Yoker councillor is being remembered by family and friends for his commitment to every job he took on.

In this series, our writers explore how food shaped Australian history – and who we are today. The first whiffs of Chinese cooking in mid-19th century Australia would have emanated from tiny huts owned by Chinese workers in the goldfields. There, they faced racial hostility from the European miners, culminating in the Lambing Flat riots in New South Wales in 1860-61, where Chinese residents of the fields were physically assaulted and had their camps set on fire. Chinese cooks were also employed in farms and factories and sold food from “cookshops” in the various urban centres for other ...

By EARLE GALE in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-02-01 09:09 Share CLOSE Staff members dust off an exhibit ahead of the reopening of the British Museum in London in August last year. HAN YAN/XINHUA Art, cultural facilities that rely on ticket sales struggle to survive amid pandemic lockdowns The United Kingdom's long and colorful history, which many tourists cite as a major reason for visiting, could become less vivid and less of a draw in a post-pandemic world because of the closure of some of the country's museums and h...

Every artist who has tried to depict a swimming pool – and in Australia there must be hundreds – will testify to the difficulties.

The summer break is over, marking a return to the office. For some, this ends almost a year of working from home in lockdown. Some analysts are predicting it might also mark an enduring shift in how we dress for success. It’s not the first time in Australia’s history the return to “normal” life after times of turmoil has prompted calls for more comfortable dress. The suit — quintessential men’s business dress for more than a century — has sat at the heart of these debates. What we dress in speaks of our occupation as much as it shapes how we work: a collar that is blue or white...