While once the most common Chinese language in Australia, Cantonese has been overtaken by a standard version of Mandarin used as China's official language since the 1950s.
Today, Cantonese is spoken mostly in Hong Kong, Macau and parts of south-eastern China. It's also widely used by the Chinese diaspora around the world, particularly in Vietnam and Malaysia.
Josephine Chau says that over the years she has come to understand how important the language is for connection to culture.
“Australia is multicultural and if we don't remember some of where our ancestors come from, it's very easy to forget that we were all new to this country at some point, and to just appreciate the differences that we have, and also the similarities.”