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HOW JOW CHEW
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Biographical information
How Jow Chew was born in about 1867 in Java in what is now Indonesia. He was five feet two inches in height.
He lived at Broome.
He travelled overseas between February and March 1922.
Other name
How Jow Chew (differentiated name)
Date of birth
1867
Document
Box-003-Notes-Leads-0064
Box-003-Notes-Leads-0065
How Jow Chew CEDT 1921 (NAA Item ID: 1741714)
How Jow Chew pictured aged 54 around 1921 on his Certificate for Exemption from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1921/102).
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Place of birth
Place
Java
Date
1867
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Travelled to
Place
Broome
Date
[date unknown]
Connections
Subject (place)
Broome
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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NAA CEDT File 1921
NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5131596>
Item information
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School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
HOW JOW CHEW
([date unknown]). UWA Collected, accessed 13/05/2025, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/17361