KEY QUON

Description

Biographical informationKey Quon was born in November 1875 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in July 1897. He was five feet four inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman at the Sam Lung Laundry, 355 Wellington Street, Perth, in 1912. In 1916, he worked in the Ginn Brothers Laundry, 957 Hay Street, Perth, then at the Cheong & Co. Fruit Shop, 437 Hay Street, Perth, in 1918.

In 1919 he moved to Melbourne (B).

He travelled overseas between August 1912 and July 1913 (D).Other nameKey Quon (differentiated name)Date of birthNovember 1875

Key Quon pictured around the age of 36 in 1912 on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1912/169).

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1875

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJuly 1897

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Sam Lung Laundry, PerthAndrew Ginn Laundry, PerthCheong & Co., PerthSubject (place)355 Wellington Street, Perth957 Hay Street, Perth437 Hay Street, PerthMelbourneSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryShop assistantRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1912NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5131741>NAA War Registration File Melbourne 1916-1922 <Not digitised #5962192>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

KEY QUON

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