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'''Mak Sai Ying''' ([[wikt:麥|麥]][[wikt:世|世]][[wikt:英|英]]; Cantonese: Mak<sup>6</sup> Sai<sup>3</sup> Ying<sup>1</sup>; b. ca. 1796, Canton, China; d. 18 June 1880, Sydney, Australia) was the first known [[Chinese Australian|Chinese born settler to Australia]], arriving in 1818. He was known by many names, including '''John Pong Shying''', '''Mak Sai Pang''', '''Mai Shi Ying''', '''Mark Opong''', and (possibly) '''John Sheen'''.
He worked as a carpenter, living with [[John Blaxland]] on his Newington Estate. After three years, he worked at Elizabeth Farm for [[Elizabeth Macarthur]], the pastoralist.
He married Sarah Jane Thompson (b: abt 1802, United Kingdom d: 27 March 1836, Parramatta) 3 February 1823, St John's Church of England, Parramatta.
It is believed a linen press, made for Elizabeth MacArthur (in 1824), still exists, and is on display at Milton House museum. The item may have been made without nails. The bookkeepers entry of payment still exists.
Mak Sai Ying returned to China for five years, 1831 to 1836. He may have worked as a port liaison. He returned to Sydney, on the death of his first wife. The [[first opium war]] began two years later. During this time, land he negotiated for from the NSW Colony had been allocated elsewhere. Sarah had a letter from the Attorney General of NSW explaining why the land had been re allocated.
He married Bridget Gillorley 10 October 1842, but she died some six months later.
It is known he negotiated a sale of the Peacock Inn in [[Parramatta, New South Wales]] (a western suburb of Sydney) in 1844. He had been the builder.
== External Sites and References ==
{{commonscat}}
*[http://www.multiline.com.au/~bvl/Stories/Shying.htm#_Toc458060056 An Alien in the Antipodes]
*[http://www.ahc.gov.au/publications/chineseheritage/trackingthedragon/background.html Australian Heritage Commission]
*[http://rspas.anu.edu.au/cscsd/online/henry.html Public Seminar from Australia's National University ANU]
*[http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/harvest_of_endurance_html_version/explore_the_scroll/before_the_gold_rush/ Australian National Museum]
[[Category:1796 births]]
[[Category:1880 deaths]]
[[Category:Australians of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:Chinese emigrants]]
He worked as a carpenter, living with [[John Blaxland]] on his Newington Estate. After three years, he worked at Elizabeth Farm for [[Elizabeth Macarthur]], the pastoralist.
He married Sarah Jane Thompson (b: abt 1802, United Kingdom d: 27 March 1836, Parramatta) 3 February 1823, St John's Church of England, Parramatta.
It is believed a linen press, made for Elizabeth MacArthur (in 1824), still exists, and is on display at Milton House museum. The item may have been made without nails. The bookkeepers entry of payment still exists.
Mak Sai Ying returned to China for five years, 1831 to 1836. He may have worked as a port liaison. He returned to Sydney, on the death of his first wife. The [[first opium war]] began two years later. During this time, land he negotiated for from the NSW Colony had been allocated elsewhere. Sarah had a letter from the Attorney General of NSW explaining why the land had been re allocated.
He married Bridget Gillorley 10 October 1842, but she died some six months later.
It is known he negotiated a sale of the Peacock Inn in [[Parramatta, New South Wales]] (a western suburb of Sydney) in 1844. He had been the builder.
== External Sites and References ==
{{commonscat}}
*[http://www.multiline.com.au/~bvl/Stories/Shying.htm#_Toc458060056 An Alien in the Antipodes]
*[http://www.ahc.gov.au/publications/chineseheritage/trackingthedragon/background.html Australian Heritage Commission]
*[http://rspas.anu.edu.au/cscsd/online/henry.html Public Seminar from Australia's National University ANU]
*[http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/harvest_of_endurance_html_version/explore_the_scroll/before_the_gold_rush/ Australian National Museum]
[[Category:1796 births]]
[[Category:1880 deaths]]
[[Category:Australians of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:Chinese emigrants]]