Kwong Sang Walk

Kwong Sang Walk

What prompted Kwong Sang to move to Australia and set up a shop in Toowoomba? Why was he detained on charges of being a Japanese spy? And what was the reason behind the local government naming the alley “Kwong Sang Walk”?


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