Shui Kwong Lo

Shui Kwong Lo (11 November 1900 – 8 September 1995) was a Chinese-born Methodist minister who also ran a Chinese School for children. He spent much of his life Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia and he also ministered in Sydney and Papua New Guinea

Life in China

Lo was born in Juk-Yuan Village in the Pok-Lo Province in Southern China and both his father and grandfather were Christians due to the presence of the London Missionary Society in the area. However, Lo's mother followed Confucianism and he was raised with these until the age of 12. He was the first Chinese minister in the area for several years and, on 4 March 1943 he was ordained into the ministry of the Methodist Church of Australia.

He would remain here until 1946 when he returned to Darwin to work with the Methodist Overseas Mission. Lo went and left his wife in charge of the school and enjoyed his time there. He would later write home that there were about 1,280 Chinese people living there and that he had more than 300 children at Sunday school.

Lo died on 8 September 1995 in Darwin.

Collections A collection of Lo's is available through Library & Archives NT:

NTRS 1079 Typescript "From my Darwin notebook" and photographs relating to Chinese life in Darwin