Following up on his overview of Chinese Australian history – Mirroring the Past – Dr Michael Williams will continue with a series of lectures taking us through the history of Chinese Australia in greater detail.

Upcoming events at ACIAC.

An exhibition by Heli Yang, an emerging Chinese Australian artist. The 23 paintings in this exhibition show 23 moments and they are inspired by the little things that happened in our daily life, telling the stories of three generations in a migrant family.

Chinese have been in Australia for over 200 years but these two centuries have seen very different peoples arriving and settling under the label “Chinese”. This discussion compares Australia’s 19th and early 20th century Chinese-Australian history with its post-1949 history.

A challenging degree program designed to meet the needs of cultural institutions and government departments increasingly engaged in cultural exchanges between Australia and China