Category:Chrissy Gollan Park

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<nowiki>Chrissy Gollan Park; park and Chinese garden in Wingham, New South Wales; Wingham's Chinese Garden</nowiki>
Chrissy Gollan Park 
park and Chinese garden in Wingham, New South Wales
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  • Wingham Road, Wingham NSW 2429
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English: Chrissy Gollan Park is a park on the entrance to Wingham. Originally, it was the site of Chinese market gardens of Sam Lee (better known as "Bennie") until 1929 (Wingham Chronicle, 1929) when he returned to Guandong and it was taken over by Willy Wong (Midcoast Stories, 2019) who also returned to Guandong after the Japanese occupation of China. (Manning River Times, 1946) A Chinese garden was later designed by local landscape designer Tanya Sawyer, with a suspended deck over the main pond was put in place of an arched bridge due to safety reasons.

In March 2021 the park was entirely submerged underwater due to extensive flooding in the region, (Brownrigg, 2021) and was later restored as part of works on parklands across the region that cost approximately $900,000. (Inside Local Government, 2022)

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  • PERSONAL[1], The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer, March 5th, 1929, page 2
  • Chinese Market Gardens of Wingham. Mid Coast Stories (February 4, 2019). Retrieved on January 28, 2024.
  • Wong, Willy (April 3, 1946) SINCERE THANKS[2], Taree, NSW: The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales, page 3, Advertising
  • Brownrigg, Sam (March 23, 2021) Wingham landmarks submerged[3], Manning River Times
  • MidCoast to sink $7.5m into flood repairs[4], Inside Local Government, September 15, 2022, NSW News

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