Sophie Couchman
Sophie Couchman is currently researching a PhD in Asian Studies at La Trobe University that explores how the Chinese have been photographed in Australia from the 1850s through to the 1950s. As part of her thesis she has assisted with the development of the Chinese-Australian Historical Images in Australia website. She also worked on the Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation. In 2000 she completed a Master of Arts in Public History at Monash University that uncovered some of the social history of Melbourne’s Chinatown.
Sophie is also on Twitter for Melbourne’s Chinese Museum: @chinese_museum
Asian Australian Studies Research Network
The AASRN is a formal network for academic, community and other institutional groups who research in the area of Asian Australian Studies.
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