Discover how the Ah Chee market garden reflects the challenges and contributions of Chinese families in early Aotearoa.
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From the late 1800s through to the early 1900s, part of Pukekawa Auckland Domain was home to a number of expansive and successful market gardens, including one run by the Ah Chee family. In this episode of The Amp, we discover how the Ah Chee market garden reflects the challenges and contributions of Chinese families in early Aotearoa.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This podcast was brought to you by Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum.It was written and produced by Laura Skerritt. Production support from Annabel Walker. Sound design by Sara O’Brien. The executive producer was Teresa Cowie from Connect Content. This episode was hosted by Ian Proctor.
Thanks to our guests: Lucy Mackintosh and James Taylor, and to the Ah Chee family, Louise Chin and Bonnie Lynch for letting us use snippets from their previous interviews in this episode.
A huge thank you also to the archaeologists, Hans Bader and Janice Adamson, whose research into the history and archaeology of the Ah Chee market garden helped us write this episode.
RESOURCES
Lucy Mackintosh wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Mackintosh_(historian)
Chan Dah Chee https://www.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org/2011/08/%E9%99%88%E8%BE%BE%E6%9E%9D-chan-dah-chee-1851-1930/
Collections to Classrooms https://collectionstoclassrooms.shorthandstories.com/collections-to-classrooms/collections-to-classrooms-en/stories/ah-chee-collection/index.html
Gardening to prosperity: The history and archaeology of Chan Dah Chee and the Chinese market garden at Carlaw Park, Auckland - Janice Adamson and Hans Bader https://www.archaeologysolutions.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Adamson-and-Bader-NZAA-monograph-29.pdf
Shifting Grounds: Deep Histories of Tamaki Makaurau Auckland https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/your-museum/at-home/shifting-grounds-lucy-mackintosh
MUSIC REPRODUCTION
All SFX/Music used with appropriate permissions/licence from Epidemic, BBC, Soundsnap, Sara O’Brien, Annabel Walker and AWMM SFX Library.
From freesound.org
Chinese_New_Year_2009_Betelmouth_Night Market_GaryBard.wav by GaryBard -- https://freesound.org/s/66599/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Garden Workers With Radio - Nanning China 01.mp3 by billdancourtney -- https://freesound.org/s/213127/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Chinese Violin - The Enchanted Sound of the Erhu by Lenguaverde -- https://freesound.org/s/423496/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Erhu 120bpm recording by Hybridkin -- https://freesound.org/s/748144/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Foley_SugarContainer_Dig.wav by MrFossy -- https://freesound.org/s/523276/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Digging with shovel.wav by CGEffex -- https://freesound.org/s/96211/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
Digging sand with a shovel by Ruben_Uitenweerde -- https://freesound.org/s/486228/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
Glasses Chinking by AlterKartoffelsack -- https://freesound.org/s/465930/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-chinese-china-asian-music-386980/
IMAGE REPRODUCTION
pitch fork, 2014.51.33, © Auckland Museum CC BY
counter, glass, 2014.51.9, © Auckland Museum CC BY
counter, glass, 2014.51.25, © Auckland Museum CC BY
bowl, rice, 2014.51.356, © Auckland Museum CC BY
bottle, perfume, 2014.51.540, © Auckland Museum CC BY
jar, ginger, 2014.51.3, © Auckland Museum CC BY
coin, 2014.51.658, © Auckland Museum CC BY
dish, condiment, 2014.51.29, © Auckland Museum CC BY