FONG GIT

Description

Biographical informationFong Git was born in about 1864 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1888. He was five feet and two inches in height.

He worked as a greengrocer at Broome. He left Western Australia in April 1940 (E).Other nameFong Git (differentiated name)Date of birth1864

Fong Git aged 74 in 1938 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1938/16)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1864

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1888

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGreen grocerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop keeperGreengrocerRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1938NAA Immigration File 1938-1940 <Not digitised #4317624>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

FONG GIT

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA