CHEN FOOK GOON

Description

Biographical informationChen Fook Goon was born in October 1867 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1892. He was five feet six and a half inches in height.

He leased a market garden at Perth from the date of his arrival until at least 1902.

He was a partner in the Wing Hei Laundry, Bay View Terrace, Claremont, in 1905 (F).

He travelled overseas twice: April 1902 and March 1903 (A); and August 1907 and December 1908 (D).

[Note: he inflated his age somewhat on his 1902 CoD form]Other nameChen Fook Goon (differentiated name)Fook Goon (also known as)Date of birthOctober 1867

Person

FOOK GOON

Chen Fook Goon aged 40 in 1907 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1907/106)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1867

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceWestern AustraliaDate1892

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wing Hei (Wing Hai) Laundry, ClaremontSubject (place)Bay View Terrace, ClaremontSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902NAA CEDT File 1907NAA War Registration File 1916-1920

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)

UWA Collected

CHEN FOOK GOON

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA