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FONG YEE (2)

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School of Social Sciences

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FONG KAM

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Biographical informationFong Kam (金鄺) was born on the 6th November 1880 in Canton, China. He migrated to Darwin, Australia in 1897 and moved to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet six and a half inches in height. He left his wife and children in China.

He worked as a market gardener at Roebourne from 1911 to 1919 when he moved to a shop at Broome.

Fong Kam was recorded as a cook in 1929 and a baker in Broome in 1936. In 1948 he was working as a market gardener in Glenfield, Geraldton. In 1949 he was living at Carnarvon Street, Broome and gave his occupation as "Business man".

He travelled overseas six times: June 1911 to August 1912; November 1916 to July 1918; February 1923 to June 1925; January 1929 to July 1930; February 1936 to May 1937; and January to December 1947.

His wife, Fong Yee, and son Fong William, arrived in Australia c.1935.

Fong Kam left Australia permanently in July 1953.Other nameFong Kam (differentiated name)FONG KIM (also known as)Wong Chong (also known as)金鄺Date of birth6th November 1880

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AAC-Box-2-0032

AAC-Box-2-0034

AAC-Box-2-0035

AAC-Box-2-0036

AAC-Box-2-0038

AAC-Box-2-0041

AAC-Box-2-0043

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Fong Kam 1911 CEDT (NAA Item ID: 1736348)

Fong Kam 1916 CEDT (NAA Item ID: 1741351)

Fong Kam 1923 CEDT (NAA Item ID: 1742255)

Fong Kam 1929 CEDT (NAA Item ID: 1742676)

Fong Kam 1936 CEDT (NAA Item ID: 1743388)

Fong Kam 1946 CEDT (NAA Item ID: 1743440)

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FONG YEE (2) (female)

Fong Kam pictured here in 1936 on one of many Certificates for Exemption from the Dictation Test he was required to complete in his six trips back to China over several decades (source: National Archives, K1145, 1936/1)

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Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

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Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

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SpouseFONG YEE (2)

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Subject (place)RoebourneBroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaBakerMarket gardeningShop keeperCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1916NAA CEDT File 1923NAA CEDT File 1929NAA CEDT File 1936NAA CEDT File 1946NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102581>NAA War Registration File 1939-1948

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

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RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1880

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

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RelationTravelled toPlaceRoebourneDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

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FONG KAM

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA