Peter Low OAM 罗德文
Community Organisation Positions 社区组织职位
Honorary President Queensland Chinese Forum Inc.
Honorary President of Australian Queensland Fujian Association Inc
Committee of the Chinese Museum of Qld Inc.
Past President of:
Qld Chinese Forum Inc
Chinese Museum of Qld Inc.
Cathay Community Assoc. Inc (was Cathay Club Ltd)
Valley Business Assoc. Inc.
Past Member of:
Qld Multicultural Council
Qld China Council
Brisbane City Council Fortitude Valley Advisory Committee
Cross Cultural Qld Police Committee
Peter was awarded the “Medal of Australia” (OAM) on 26 January 2002 for service to the Chinese community of Queensland and to the business community of Fortitude Valley as a leader of Chinese community groups, a contributor to local health, safety and welfare organisations, and an instigator of multicultural events in the area.
Peter was awarded the “Centenary Medal of Australia” on 1 January 2001 for distinguished service to the Chinese Community.
Peter于2002年1月26日被授予「澳大利亚勋位勋章」（OAM），以表彰他作为华人社团领袖，对当地健康、治安和福利组织的贡献，多元文化活动的推动，及为昆士兰州华人社区和Fortitude Valley商业社区提供的服务。
他于2001年1月1日被授予「澳大利亚百年勋章」(Centenary Medal of Australia) ，以表彰他对华人社区的杰出贡献。
Peter was born in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, attended the Catholic mission Primary school there and was a high school student at Downlands College in Toowoomba. He worked in Rabaul before starting his own retail/wholesale business in Buin, Bougainville, PNG. In 1974, he moved his family to Brisbane, and over the next four years, commuting several times annually to visit them, before he himself moved permanently to Brisbane in 1978. In 1980, Peter joined the Macgregor Lions Club until 1986, and served as the area coordinator for the Queensland Cancer Fund in 1985. In 1996, Peter, as President of the Queensland Chinese Forum (QCF), and with the assistance of the members, was instrumental in assisting the Sunnybank Lions Club form the Lions Club of Brisbane Chinese.
The catalyst for Peter’s commitment to the betterment of Queensland's Chinese community was when as members of the Cathay Club, in 1985 Peter and his wife, Anna, toured China. Back in Brisbane, he joined the Cathay Club's welfare arm, becoming the Welfare Director in March 1986, Vice-President in 1987, and then President in 1988 until 1997. Through this voluntary work Peter, as President of the Cathay Club, was instrumental in establishing English language classes for newly arrived migrants with the help of Father Albert Chan; and Cantonese and Mandarin classes with the help of Ms Yvonne Tam, for the children of Chinese migrants to ensure the maintenance of their cultural heritage. In 1989, Peter with the help of Mr Peter Chow, established the HACC (Home and Community Care) service for frail and ‘at-risk’ Australian Chinese in Brisbane, resulting in several other Chinese Organisations now receiving Federal funding under the HACC and Aged Care schemes. Peter also participated in the establishment of a Chinese Women's Health Program to ensure healthy living and exercise becoming part of a community agenda.
In 1994, Peter became the Founding President of the Queensland Chinese Forum (QCF). In response to the 1996 rise of misinformation and divisive policies of the One Nation Party, he acted with the then QCF President Bill Qui, Jeannie Mok (ACARD), Michael Choi (AMAR) and Indigenous elders, Uncle Robert Anderson OAM and Uncle Mr Bill Lowe, to raise political support for community forums and to rally against One Nation through a show of multicultural solidarity.
During the 1990s, Peter volunteered his services to the Brisbane City Council to reverse the decline of Fortitude Valley and the ethnic community's hub, Chinatown. In 1991, Peter was one of the three Foundation Directors of the Valley Business Association, established to promote and market Chinatown and the Brunswick Street Mall. He remained in this position until 2001. In 1994, Peter became heavily involved in the major refurbishment of Chinatown, after all the original Chinese-style rotunda roofs had suffered severe damage. Designers and builders from Qingdao China were contracted to rebuild the rotundas, with work completed in 1996.
Peter worked with Inspector Paul Wilson, then the Police Inspector in the Fortitude Valley, to establish a safe area for the community, which led to the development of practical measures of better street lighting and a police office in Brunswick Street Mall. By the time Peter resigned from Brisbane Marketing in 2001, businesses were once again returning to the Valley, and the precinct was on its way to enjoying its economic success and lifestyle popularity. Peter was the Queensland Premier's voluntary representative on the Brisbane City Council Advisory Board for Chinatown and Brunswick Street Malls, as well as a Member of the Queensland China Council in the Premier's Department.
As an Executive member of the Queensland Chinese Forum, Peter was also a driving force behind the realisation of Dr Kee Cheung's vision of establishing a Queensland Chinese museum, with the assistance of the then Councillor David Hinchliffe. The conception of a current virtual museum and a future physical museum aims to warrant the significant contribution of Queensland's Chinese community is acknowledged and made available to the general public.
Proposed by Mr Ralph Seeto and Mr Joseph Chan, Peter was again active in raising awareness of the more than 500 Australian Chinese who served in the wartime service for the nation. Peter, supported by QCF President Dr Kee Cheung successfully lobbied for the Commonwealth, State and Local Government funding to cast the Commemorative Bell, which was unveiled in Brisbane's Chinatown Mall in March 2007 by the then Councillor Campbell Newman, the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.
Led by Peter, Queensland Chinese Forum has contributed to the establishment of several associations including the Chinese Community Crime Prevention Consultative Committee in 2007 with the help of Inspector John Fox. This was originally a partnership between the Queensland Police Service and QCF, (which changed later to the Queensland Chinese Community); and the Chinese Victims of Crime Support Group. Peter has been instrumental in the creation of other community associations, including the Australian Queensland Fujian Association, while mentoring and encouraging the emergence of younger Chinese leaders.
Today, Peter Low OAM is acknowledged as the leading Chinese leader in Brisbane, whose influence in the large Chinese community and other multicultural networks, facilitates close and productive relationships with the government (local, state and Federal) and society at large.
Peter出生于巴布亚新畿内亚的拉包尔，就读于那里的天主教传教小学，并前往Toowoomba的Downlands College上中学。在巴布亚新畿内亚Buin, Bougainville开始自己的零售/批发业务之前，他曾在拉包尔工作。1974年，他将家人移到布里斯班。在接下来的四年里，Peter每年拜访他们数次，直到1978年他永久搬到布里斯班。1980 年至1986 年，Peter 加入Macgregor狮子会，并于 1985 年担任昆士兰癌症基金会的区域协调员。1996年，Peter作为昆士兰华人论坛（QCF）的主席，在成员的协助下，协助Sunnybank狮子会成立布里斯班华人狮子会。
1985年，Peter和他的妻子Anna加入了国泰会，参加了中国之旅，这成为他致力于改善昆士兰州华人社区的催化剂。回到布里斯班后，他加入了国泰会的福利部，于1986年3月成为福利总监，随后于1987年成为副会长，并于1988年担任会长，直到1997年。作为国泰会会长，Peter在Albert Chan神父的帮助下，为新来的移民开设了英语课程，并在Yvonne Tam女士的帮助下为中国移民的子女开设了粤语和普通话课程，以确保他们的文化传統得到维护。1989年，Peter在Peter Chow先生的帮助下，在布里斯班为体弱和处境危险的澳大利亚华人建立了HACC（家庭及社区护理）服务，时至今日仍有一些华人组织在HACC和老年护理计划下接受联邦政府资助。Peter还参与了华裔妇女健康计划的建立，以确保健康的生活和身体锻炼成为社区议程。
1994年，Peter成为昆士兰华人论坛(QCF)的创会会长。为了应对1996年由“一国党”的错误信息和分裂政策的兴起，他与当时的昆士兰华人论坛会长季逊标（Bill Qui）、Jeannie Mok (ACARD), 蔡伟民 (Michael Choi ) (AMAR) 、原住民长老Uncle Robert Anderson OAM和Uncle Bill Lowe一起行动，为社区论坛提高政治支持，并通过展示多元文化团结来对抗一国党。
在 1990 年代，Peter自愿为布里斯班市议会提供服务，以扭转Fortitude Valley和少数民族社区中心唐人街的衰落。1991 年，Peter 是 Valley Business Association 的三位创会董事之一，该协会的成立是为了推广唐人街和Brunswick Street Mall购物中心。他一直担任这个职位直到2001年。1994年，Peter积极参与了唐人街的重大整修工作，因为原有的中式圆形屋顶严重破损。来自中国青岛的设计师和建筑商受雇重建圆形建筑，工程于 1996 年完成。
Peter与布里斯班Fortitude Valley的昆士兰警务处督察Paul Wilson合作，为社区建立了一个安全区。他还积极制定改善街道照明的实用措施，并在Brunswick Street Mall购物中心设立警察局。2001年，当Peter从Brisbane Marketing辞职时，商业再次回到Fortitude Valley，该地区正享受经济上的成功和受欢迎的生活方式。Peter是昆士兰州州长在布里斯班市议会唐人街和Brunswick Street Mall购物中心咨询委员会的义务代表。他也是州表办事处属下昆士兰中国委员会的义务成员。
通过在昆士兰华人论坛的工作，Peter继续在市议员David Hinchliffe的协助下，推动实现张奇博士建立昆士兰华人博物馆的愿景。目前的虚拟博物馆和未来的实体博物馆都旨在确保昆士兰华人社区的重大贡献得到认可，并向公众展示。
Peter还积极提高对500多名曾在战时为国家服务过的澳大利亚华人的认识。Ralph Seeto先生和Joe Chan先生提议铸造中式青铜纪念钟。在昆士兰华人论坛会长张奇博士的支持下，Peter成功游说联邦、州和地方政府资助铸造纪念钟，该纪念钟于2007年3月在唐人街由当年布里斯班市长Campbell Newman揭幕。
多年来在Peter的带动下，昆士兰华人论坛为多个社区协会的成立做出了贡献，包括1996年的布里斯班华人狮子会和2007年的华人社区防预罪行咨商委员会（最初是QCF与昆士兰警务处督察John Fox之间的合作伙伴关系，后来改为昆士兰华人社区与警务处之间的合作， 加上华人犯罪受害者支援小组）。Peter在创建其他社区协会方面发挥了重要作用，包括澳大利亚昆士兰福建同乡会，同时指导和鼓励年轻的华人成为未来领袖。
如今，罗德文被公认为布里斯班的华人领袖，他在广大的华人社区和其他多元文化网络中的影响力，促进了华人与政府（地方、州和联邦）和整个社会的密切和富有成效的关系。
References 文献
Mok, J. Multicultural Trailblazers. Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland & Multicultural Community Centre, Brisbane, 2004.
