South Flows the Pearl

Mavis Gock Yen was born in Perth in 1916. In 1925 her family moved to Shanghai and during the next twenty years she spent time in both China and Australia. In 1946 she settled in China, where she worked as a journalist and English teacher until after the Cultural Revolution. She returned to Australia with her daughter, Siaoman, in 1981, and studied professional writing at the University of Canberra.

• Foreword by Professor Kam LouieAcknowledgments by Siaoman Yen and Richard Horsburgh Mavis Yen 1916–2008 by Richard Horsburgh and Siaoman YenIntroduction by Sophie Loy-Wilson In a nutshell, by Leslie and Thelma Chang Memories of Sydney’s Chinatown, by Evelyn Yin LoThird generation migrant, by Lee SingNorth Queensland, by Frank Lee GeeChung Shan County, by Frank Lee GeeTwo worlds, by Harry Gock MingThe great adventure, by Harry Gock Ming‘There’s no gold’, by Leung PuiThe ancestral home, by Harry Gock Ming‘Unite to fight the Japanese’, by Frank Lee GeeThe fortune teller, by Harry Gock MingReturn to Australia, by Frank Lee GeeWartime, by Evelyn Yin LoThe lineage, by Leung PuiPostwar, by Evelyn Yin LoPioneers in Western Australia, by John Fong Don and the Family, by Evelyn Yin LoGold rush heritage, by Hoy Lee‘We grew up in the bush’, by Albert Lee OnFrom a chinese garden, by Peter Wong The Northern Territory, by Doris Fong Lim and Norman Yeend‘I was the lucky one’, by Elizabeth LeeConclusion, by Mavis Gock Yen with addendum by Richard HorsburghBibliography by Mavis Gock Yen Glossary by Siaoman YenIndex

"The true strength and value of this book lies in the fact that it contains first hand accounts ... South Flows the Pearl is not just an important historical text, it’s also a compelling, emotional and at times surprising read."– Elizabeth Flux, Books+Publishing