Centre to host nation’s hidden Chinese treasures

Council has agreed to a 30-year lease for land on Greenslopes Street in Edge Hill to support a new cultural centre celebrating the region’s Chinese heritage.

The long-term lease will assist the Cairns and District Chinese Association (CADCAI) to secure grants to bring their long-held vision for a heritage hub to life.

In planning since 2016, the centre will host one of the nation’s hidden treasures, the Cairns Lit Sung Goong Temple collection, a nationally significant collection of more than 240 artefacts from the temple that operated in Cairns between 1886 and 1966.

It will also be home to for a range of cultural activities including the Chinese lion, dragon and Molihua performing arts, drumming and language lessons.