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Haymarket Market Gardens | How Chinese Growers Shaped Sydney | Yesterday Stories

This video from Yesterday Stories explores the origins of Haymarket and the crucial role Chinese market gardeners played in shaping early Sydney. From the mid 19th century, Chinese growers supplied much of Sydney’s fresh fruit and vegetables, travelling long distances from areas such as Waterloo, Randwick, Botany, and the North Shore to sell their produce at the city markets near Goulburn Street. Many stayed in Haymarket during the week, renting cheap rooms in factories, workshops, and boarding houses close to the markets. As the markets expanded in the 1860s and again in the 1890s, Haymarket became a hub of Chinese commercial life, with boarding houses, cook shops, supply stores, and eventually property ownership. Streets like Cunningham Street became essential support zones for market gardeners during their time in the city. The story also traces how Haymarket evolved into modern Chinatown, how early Chinese trade linked Sydney to global networks through Canton, Calcutta, and Europe, and how Chinese farming transformed poor land into valuable property. These market gardens laid both the physical and economic foundations for later development across Sydney. #Haymarket #MarketGardens #ChineseAustralianHistory #SydneyHistory #ChinatownSydney #MigrationStories #CulturalHeritage #YesterdayStories