Quong Tart was born in Canton, migrated to Australia at the age of nine and was raised by a Scots family  in Braidwood, New South Wales. He made an early fortune on the goldfields and subsequently became a tea trader, opening a series of famous tea rooms in Sydney. Despite prevailing prejudice against the Chinese, Quong Tart became … Continue reading 1891 Quong Tart opens his first Sydney tea room