Charles Chan personal papers, ca. 1952-1996

MLMSS 9430

fonds

ca. 1952-1996

403670

0.36 metres of textual material (2 boxes)

Charles Chan, (1916-1996) was born in Darwin of Chinese parents. Mr Chan left for studies in Shanghai when he was 12. He graduated at 21 in civil engineering and after a customs training course, worked with Shanghai Customs. Post-war political upheavals in China forced him to return to his family in Australia in 1947. From 1950-1981, he was a Senior Traffic Officer for Ansett. He was fluent in four Chinese dialects, and used this to assist overseas passengers and Chinese visitors travelling to Australia. He gained accreditation from the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI), and was Government and Court Interpreter.

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Compiled from the collection

BOX 1
Folders 1-2
Personal papers Charles Chan including business records of Government Departments and Ethnic Affairs Commission relating to immigration and career as a Government Translator and Interpreter, ca. 1960-1996

Records, minutes and staff newsletters relating to employment as Promotion and Sales Consultant New Chevron Hotel Potts Point produces as, 1982

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings ‘The New A-Z OF Mining and Oil (over 300 companies)’, no date

Envelope of loose newspaper clippings from chinese newspaper labelled ‘to Charles per kindness of Mr J. Doe from Wing’, no date

Folder 3
Family greeting cards, ca. 1970-1993

BOX 2
Folder 4
Bank deposit passbooks and cheque butts, ca. 1952-1989

Interpreters record books, Language Services Division, Ethnic Affairs Commission, 1991-1995

Folder 5
Miscellaneous personal and business items relating to career with Ansett and as Government Interpreter, ca. 1953-1983 including: business cards, lottery tickets, New Chevron Hotel employee identification pass, pocket diary 1953, funeral service program 1996, photograph of Charles Chan, certification of registration on Government Panel of Official Court Interpreters and Translators 1967, two passports of Charles Chan and Mrs Sally Chan 1983 and log of petrol expenditure, 1975-1983

Calendar diary, 1965

Tourist publications and guides mainly in Chinese, no date

English, Chinese

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