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Margaret Toylaan Allen (nee Ah Ket) passed away on Thursday 16th July 2015, aged 94 years.
Margaret was a foundation member of the CAHS, very active in its early years and later honoured as a life member. She completed an Honours Degree at Sydney University with a thesis on the adaptation of Chinese Religion in Australian society.
[Allen, Margaret T. (Toylaan Ah Ket), ‘Chinese religion, Sydney, NSW in the 20th century: Changes resulting from encounter with Australian culture and christianity’, BA (hons) Thesis, Department of Religious Studies, University of Sydney, 1981.]
Margaret was the daughter of William Ah Ket who was the first Chinese Barrister in Australia, a prominent figure in the history of the Chinese in the early years of the last century, and a leader in the campaign for the rights of Chinese and other non-European immigrants.
There will be a Commemorative Service at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, South Chapel, at 10.00 am on Thursday 23rd July 2015.
Margaret was a foundation member of the CAHS, very active in its early years and later honoured as a life member. She completed an Honours Degree at Sydney University with a thesis on the adaptation of Chinese Religion in Australian society.
[Allen, Margaret T. (Toylaan Ah Ket), ‘Chinese religion, Sydney, NSW in the 20th century: Changes resulting from encounter with Australian culture and christianity’, BA (hons) Thesis, Department of Religious Studies, University of Sydney, 1981.]
Margaret was the daughter of William Ah Ket who was the first Chinese Barrister in Australia, a prominent figure in the history of the Chinese in the early years of the last century, and a leader in the campaign for the rights of Chinese and other non-European immigrants.
There will be a Commemorative Service at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, South Chapel, at 10.00 am on Thursday 23rd July 2015.
