The Pang family’s story is woven into Sydney’s Chinatown through the Modern China Café, one of Haymarket’s best-loved mid-century restaurants and a story we are proud to tell in our inaugural exhibition. For generations the family has been part of the life of the area. Through the Pang Family Foundation, their landmark philanthropy has made them the museum’s foremost benefactors, and their generosity, more than any other, helped turn the idea of MOCA into a reality.
A descendant of the Wing Sang & Co. merchant family, one of the founding businesses of Haymarket Chinatown, Gordon Mar has become a devoted custodian of Chinese-Australian history, giving his time to the Chinese Australian Historical Society and writing warmly about the community’s past. He is also one of the museum’s principal benefactors, whose major gift has helped build MOCA, and he has generously shared family images that now enrich our galleries.
Few people have given more to Chinese-Australian heritage than Daphne Lowe Kelley. Founding president of the Chinese Heritage Association of Australia and a long-standing leader of the Chinese Australian Historical Society, she has spent decades ensuring these stories are remembered. One of the museum’s most significant benefactors as well as a driving force behind its creation, she now serves as Chair of MOCA’s board, guiding the institution with the same care she has long shown the community.
Wailum Simpson-Lee carries forward the story of the Simpson Lee & Co. family, the Pitt Street “Eastern Merchants” who brought fine Chinese craftsmanship into Australian homes, a story we share in our inaugural exhibition. One of the museum’s major benefactors, his generous support has helped sustain MOCA, and he has also entrusted it with the family’s photographs and materials, allowing a treasured chapter of Haymarket’s history to be remembered by new generations. In loving memory of his late sister, Kaylin, and at his wish, MOCA has named its ground-floor archive the Kaylin Simpson-Lee Archive Room, a lasting tribute to her.
Kaichi Leung, founder and principal of A+ Design Group, is one of Sydney’s most sought-after architects. In 2021 he took on the transformation of the former Haymarket Library into the Museum of Chinese in Australia, generously giving his time and expertise pro bono. His vision shaped the museum that visitors experience today, and MOCA is deeply grateful for his contribution.
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