83 George Street: 1855 – Brockstein & Cohen, watchmakers, jewellers, opticians; 1871–82 – tenants included Mark Burge and Neil Quinn, bootmakers, and the pawnbroker, Duffey; 1887–95 – Post & Telegraph Office (C. L. Tucker, postmaster); 1895–1910 – restaurant managed by Mrs M. A. Dutton.

A self-proclaimed respectable businessman, Ung Quoy, had been living in Australia up to 21 years and was the secretary of the Chinese society, Pow on Tong.

When questioned about his business, Ung Quoy informed the Commission that Tin War & Co. were importers and acted as agents for the shipping firm E. And A.

Ung Quoy claimed that all the custom collectors and police knew about it and that Tin War only sold the item in bulk.

[1] Other Chinese businesses also leased buildings of the Unwin's Stores while Tin War & Co. operated at 79 George Street for 20 years.

[1] The well-known business created by Lo King Nam provided fresh food and supplies to ships that were trading between Australia and China.

Dolly Bonnette, a resident in The Rocks since the 1920s, remembers the proprietors as "Mr and Mrs King" and they were a store that served only to a Chinese clientele.

[5][1] Dolly also recalls that King Nam Jang provided temporary accommodation for "Anybody that had nowhere to go... or that they were drunk or anything... a shilling a bed for the night".

The men who stayed for a night or for a while longer would walk around the back to Kendall Lane in order to access their accommodation in the basement via ladders.

They were often used as interpreters by the Department of Immigration and during World War II; the NSW Government paid the Cumines family to house Chinese refugees from New Guinea at King Nam Jang.

In Clifford's report to his superiors, he claimed that the packet read "Lam Kee Macao Opium" and that it was addressed to "King, Nam, Jang, 85 George Street, North".

[1] Unwin's Stores comprise a row of sandstone commercial buildings, originally with residences over, fronting George Street.

[1] The row of buildings known as Unwin's Stores makes an important contribution to the outstandingly well-preserved group of nineteenth century shops which comprise the George Street North streetscape.

The buildings illustrate the layout and nature of the early commercial area in terms of form, scale, materials and detailing.

[1] Unwin's Stores constitute a continuing resource for investigation and public interpretation, demonstrating the "realities of inner-city working class life in the 19th century".

The site offers evidence which potentially contributes to a range of research themes, particularly the economic, political, social and physical development of the first urban settlement in Australia.

The location of the stores, being situated within the vicinity of Circular Quay and The Rock's Chinatown, has made it to be considered by Chinese merchants as a prime position for conducting business.

Tin War's manager, Jasper Ung Quoy, was one of the witnesses called upon in the Royal Commission against Chinese Gambling and Immorality.

Another well-known business was King Nam Jang, which was owned and run by the Cumines family, who at present day have up to five generations that has lived in Australia.

Its location near Circular Quay and The Rock's Chinatown made the Unwin's Stores a favourable position to conduct business to a Chinese clientele and ships docking in Sydney.

The location of the stores, being situated within the vicinity of Circular Quay and The Rock's Chinatown, has made it to be considered by Chinese merchants as a prime position for conducting business.

Tin War's manager, Jasper Ung Quoy, was one of the witnesses called upon in the Royal Commission against Chinese Gambling and Immorality.

Another well-known business was King Nam Jang, which was owned and run by the Cumines family, who at present day have up to five generations that has lived in Australia.

[1] The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales.

The courtyards illustrate clearly the usage of the rear yards in connection with the early commercial buildings, i.e. the construction of cellars, fireplaces, stores, and covered ways.

It conveys the typical spatial areas to the rear yards of the buildings in commercial precincts in terms of form, scale, materials and detailing.

The alternations of 85 George Street's rear yard remembered by Dolly Bonnette demonstrate the difficult process of social acceptance of the Chinese neighbour by the European community.

[1] 85 George Street hold high social significance for the Cumines Family and perhaps also to the Chinese migrants and World War II refugees who were housed at King Nam Jang temporarily.

[1] The Cumines Family, along with other member of the Australian Chinese community such as Allen Yip often do presentations on their predecessor's experience of early Sydney and Australia.

The continual Chinese occupation of a building can be considered quite rare within Sydney, as witnessed in 85 George Street by King Nam Jang.