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17394
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Fremantle Club, Fremantle
Weld Club, Perth
Subject (organisation)
Weld Club, Perth
Fremantle Club, Fremantle
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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School of Social Sciences
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JET FONG
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Biographical information
Jet Fong was born in about 1872 in Hainan, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1891.
He was employed by H. F. Keep as a servant then worked as a waiter at the Fremantle Club and Weld Club.
He visited China in May 1899, returning in April 1900.
Other name
Jet Fong (differentiated name)
Date of birth
1872
Document
AAC-Box-004-Binder-2-0011
AAC-Box-007-8-0107
Box-007-Sorb-Box-0259
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Relation
Place of birth
Place
Hainan
Date
1872
Significant place
Relation
Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
1891 (WA)
Employment
Job title
Servant
Employer
H.F. Keep
Employment
Job title
Waiter
Employer
Fremantle Club, Fremantle
Employment
Job title
Waiter
Employer
Weld Club, Perth
Connections
Subject (person)
H. F. Keep
Subject (organisation)
Weld Club, Perth
Fremantle Club, Fremantle
Subject (place)
Perth
Fremantle
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Domestic service
Waiter
Related collection
Anne Atkinson Collection
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
JET FONG
(1891 (WA)). UWA Collected, accessed 20/04/2025, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/17394