By Councillor Phelps
It is resolved that:
(A)
Council note:
(i)
Chinese people have been immigrating to Sydney
since the 1850s, and have long contributed to the cultural diversity of Sydney;
(a)
Sydney's Chinese community originally settled in
the Rocks, but moved to the Haymarket area in the early 1900s;
(b)
in 1980, Dixon Street became Sydney's official
Chinatown after the Sydney City Council, Dixon Street property owners and
business owners jointly raised funds to build the ceremonial archways at each
end of the Dixon Street Chinatown area; and
(c)
since then, the area has seen significant growth
and modern day Haymarket Chinatown hosts hundreds of businesses, from eateries
and bakeries to clothing and jewellery shops; and
(ii)
the ceremonial archways have become an instantly
recognisable part of Sydney's Chinatown, with many tourists stopping to take
photos in front of these cultural icons;
(B)
the Chief Executive Officer be requested to
commence the process to have the Haymarket Chinatown gates listed on the NSW
State Heritage Register particularly citing that the structures:
(i)
are important in the course, or pattern, of
NSW's cultural or natural history;
(ii)
have strong or special association with the life
or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in NSW's cultural or
natural history;
(iii)
are important in demonstrating aesthetic
characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in
NSW;
(iv) have
strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in
NSW for social, cultural or spiritual reasons; and
(v)
are important in
demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of NSW’s - cultural or
natural places.
Withdrawn.
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