Alma Mary Wang — the girl who spoke up for Chinese people in Australia

Growing up Chinese Australian under the White Australia Policy was tough, but Mary wouldn't be underestimated. She became the first-known Chinese Australian to get a university degree and used her smarts to speak up for Chinese migrant families who were being kept apart by the government. She moved to China to work as a journalist and diplomat, but when she wanted to come back to Australia after World War 2, she wasn't allowed to bring her family back home. This wasn't good enough, so she pushed for all people to be able to call Australia home. Written and narrated by 10-year-old Meike Chow.

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Alma Mary Wang — the girl who spoke up for Chinese people in Australia is an episode from Fierce Girls.

This episode is 0:08:45 long.

This episode was published on Jul 9, 2023.

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