Why doesn’t Hobart have a Chinatown?
A row of buildings in Hobart that were built in the early twentieth century, after several fires destroyed some of the old weatherboard shops that housed both Chinese and European businesses. Author provided On November 18 1909, greengrocer Claude Nam Shing was woken up by shouts of “fire”. He found his store, on the corner of Elizabeth and Melville Streets in central Hobart, ablaze. The fire brigade arrived and the fire was doused. Nam Shing s stock suffered little damage,

A row of buildings in Hobart that were built in the early twentieth century, after several fires destroyed some of the old weatherboard shops that housed both Chinese and European businesses. Author provided On November 18 1909, greengrocer Claude Nam Shing was woken up by shouts of “fire”. He found his store, on the corner of Elizabeth and Melville Streets in central Hobart, ablaze. The fire brigade arrived and the fire was doused. Nam Shing s stock suffered little damage,
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