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The Chinese Youth League of Australia is a non-profit community organisation that aims to strengthen cultural understandings and friendships between China and Australia, located in Chinatown Sydney at Level 2, 10 Dixon street where it has remained since inauguration in 1939 making The Chinese Youth League of Australia one of the longest tenured Chinese community organisations in Australia. The organisation provides members various opportunities to support events and activities that impact both local and international communities through arranging and promoting: The Chinese Youth League currently has an estimated 7,000 members that come from a variety of backgrounds and communities to engage in either Chinese Youth League anniversary and fundraising events that the organisation hosts on a yearly basis or members partake in subgroup sports and activities including lion dance, dragonboat, wushu, Cantonese opera, cultural dancing, tai chi, recreation and table tennis.
 * Chinese cultural activities
 * Welfare and charitable work
 * Community activities primarily in the Sydney district that promote multiculturalism
 * Recreational and sporting activities operating at Dixon Street Chinatown and Pyrmont

Establishment
Prior to being formed as The Chinese Youth League of Australia the organisation was initially established as Sydney Chinese Youth Drama Association on the 1st of July 1939 by a group of Australian Chinese patriots with the initial mission of the organisation was to help Chinese immigrants from China and Hong Kong during World War 2 and more specifically Japan's invasion of China which was becoming an alarming concern for many Chinese citizens consequently sparking many to travel to Sydney, Australia in prospects for safer living under Commonwealth territory. It was during this time that the organisation formed, electing Fred Wong as the first president of the Chinese Youth League with aims of raising funds to aid China against Japanese invasion. In August of the same year the organisation held their first public fund-raising performance of a drama which was held at the hall of Chinese Masonic Society primarily consisting of Cantonese Opera, funds from ticket sales and donation collections were sent to China supporting the War of Resistance. During the breakout of World War 2 into the Pacific region, an increasing number of Chinese sailors grounded in Sydney joined Chinese Youth League causing a temporary name change of the organisation to "Chinese Workers Association". The final English name change of the organisation came during the 6th annual general meeting officially naming the organisation "Chinese Youth League" as well as approving and adopting the emblem which has remained with the organisation since 1944.

Founder of Chinese Youth League
Kenneth Fredrick Wong was born in Cobar, New South Wales in 1906 as one of five siblings to a family that emigrated from Canton, China. After establishing the Chinese Youth League Fred Wong along with his Chinese Youth League members including Stanley Wai, William Jong and Louis Wong utilised the organisation as a stable foundation from where they could voice injustice and inequality of Chinese people immigrating to Australia during a period where government enforced the White Australia Policy that aimed to restrict people from a non-European ethnic origin from living in Australia through a set of historical policies starting with the Immigration Restriction Act effective from 1901 to 1959. In an attempt to help achieve justice for Chinese immigrants in Sydney, Chinese Youth League under the leadership of Fred Wong addressed health and welfare issues of arriving sailors from China as well as allowing the Chinese Seamen's Union to be established at the Chinese Youth League premises. Fred Wong along with both Chinese Youth League and Chinese Seamen's Union members supported equal rights for Chinese people by negotiating for Chinese sailor wages on Commonwealth ships to be equivalent to that of British sailors. The collaborative effort also found jobs ad housing for Chinese immigrants country-wide, sending up 800 Chinese workers to Bulimba, Queensland where they were provided housing. During November 1938, Waterside workers banned the loading of pig iron onto the SS Dalfram at Port Kembla, believing its cargo was going to Japan to be made into bombs and bullets in a war effort. During this 1938 Dalfram Dispute, Fred Wong and members of the Chinese Youth League organised collection and distribution of fruits and vegetables donated by Chinese wholesalers and market gardeners to help the striking workers of Port Kembla. Fred Wong died in 1948 in a suspicious death on a trip to inspect a Catalina flying boat at Lake Boga, Victoria. He drowned in the water with a single eye witness nearby, no forensic investigation or autopsy was carried out to rule out the possibility of foul play in Fred's death.

Lion and Dragon Dance Group
Formally known as Chinese Youth League Lion and Dragon Dance Australia, the team was founded in 1976 and traditionally practices Southern Lion Dance and Dragon Dance. Southern Lion Dance has two primary styles, Fut San and Hok San. The team mainly uses Hok San style which has a significantly different drumming beat and lion movement, Hok San lion heads are lighter than Fut San and particularly focuses on sharp expression and agile footwork. The troupe primarily performs in the region of New South Wales, however travels to Bendigo during Easter on an annual basis to participate in an Easter Festival involving a number of other Lion Dance groups both local and international. The lion and dragon dance group provide a variety of performance for City of Sydney during Chinese New Year, notably in the opening ceremony where Lord Mayor Clover Moore performs an eye dotting ceremony on Chinese Youth League Lions. The troupe also perform at weddings, shop openings, corporate and other events throughout the year as in Chinese tradition Lion Dance is used to ward off evil spirits and bring prosperity and luck. The team recently won first place in the 2018 MGM International Lion Dance Competition, Females Traditional division, in Macau, the first Western lion dance team ever to win an international Lion Dance Championship. Chinese Youth League Lion Dance and Dragon Dance have also participated in the Genting World Lion Dance Championships which are held every two years in Malaysia. The team also organised Lionfest which was held in Market City during 2008 and 2010 inviting both domestic and international lion teams to perform.