FONG JUNE

Description

Biographical informationFong June (aka Fong Joen) was born in about 1874 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1896. He was five feet nine and quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Geraldton from at least 1905 (E). He worked for the Baston Brothers, Geraldton, in 1916 to at least 1921 (B).

He travelled overseas from May 1906 to September 1907 (D).Other nameFong June (differentiated name)FONG JOEN (also known as)FONG JUNIE (also known as)Date of birth1874

Fong June aged 33 in 1906 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1906/76A)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1874

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1896

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceGeraldtonDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Baston Brothers, GeraldtonSubject (place)GeraldtonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1906NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102580>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

FONG JUNE

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA