FONG KOO

Description

Biographical informationFong Koo was born in about 1883 in Hong Kong. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet two and a half inches in height.

He worked as a tailor and shop assistant for Wing Lee & Co., Napier Street, Broome, from at least 1909 to 1930 (E).

He travelled overseas four times: August 1909 to May 1911; January 1916 to October 1919; January 1922 to August 1926; and January 1930 to November 1932 (D).Other nameFong Koo (differentiated name)Date of birth1883

Fong Koo aged 38 in 1921 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1921/132)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHong KongDate1883

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleShop assistantDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wing Lee & Co., BroomeSubject (place)Napier Street, BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop assistantTailorRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1909NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT Extension File 1919NAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT Extension File 1926NAA CEDT File 1929NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102589>NAA Immigration Files 1915-1919, 1921-1929 <Not digitised #5513488 + 4317629>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

FONG KOO

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA