The story of Australia's first-ever Chinese migrant

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Mak Sai Ying's grandson, Private John Joseph Shying Source: Supplied / State Library of NSW

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The history of Mak Sai Ying - who arrived in Australia in 1818 - can now be told thanks to the work of local historians.

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