Publications
Our members have documented their family stories and research journeys, including advice about historical sources and how to develop skills to use them.
Chinese graves at Melbourne General Cemetery
Find the Chinese interred at Melbourne General Cemetery. Learn their Chinese names and discover the locations from where they came.
Family History Research Guide
This guide identifies the difficulties of Chinese Australian family history research and provides you with the key information and knowledge to begin your research.
Victorian CEDT Index
This site provides an online searchable index to three registers of applications for Certificates Exempting from Dictation Test (CEDT) from 1904-1959.
Our Stories
Meet our members. Look at their family photographs and learn about their ancestors. Watch their presentations. Listen to their stories.

Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria

What’s New

Family History Day 2024 Presentations *New

Historic Businesses of Chinatown/Little Bourke St *New

Early Chinese Restaurants of Melbourne *New

Reading Suggestions *New

Meeting Calendar 2024-2025

Date	Time	What	Where	Comment
2024
Saturday, 2 November 2024	10:30am	Annual General Meeting	Chinese Museum
2025
Saturday, 1 February 2025	1:00pm	Meeting	Chinese Museum
Saturday, 1 March 2025	1:00pm	Meeting	Zoom
Saturday, 5 April 2025	1:00pm	Meeting	TBD
Saturday, 3 May 2025	1:00pm	Meeting	Zoom
Saturday, 7 June 2025	1:00pm	Meeting	Chinese Museum
Saturday, 5 July 2025	1:00pm	Meeting	Zoom
Saturday, 2 August 2025	1:00pm	Meeting	Chinese Museum
Sunday, 17 August 2025	TBD	Family History Day	Chinese Museum
Saturday, 6 September 2025	1:00pm	Meeting	Zoom
Saturday, 4 October 2025	TBD	Meeting	Bendigo visit	Proposed
Saturday, 1 November 2025	10:30am	Annual General Meeting	Chinese Museum