KING FONG

Description

Biographical informationKing Fong was born in about 1873 or 1875 in Canton, China, son of Fong Nan King. He migrated to Western Australia in 1894 and worked as a waiter.

He was working as the chief cook at the Western Australian Club, St Georges Terrace, Perth, in 1916. In the same year he moved to the Weld Club, Barrack Street, Perth. In 1920, he moved to Geraldton and worked at the Freemasons Hotel (B).

He applied for a certificate to return to the colony in 1900. His request for a two-year certificate was not approved but he was issued a certificate for one year and told to apply for an extension. He returned to the colony in August 1901.

He travelled overseas between May 1906 and July 1907 (D).

He died in Perth in 1948.Other nameKing Fong (differentiated name)HAN KING FONG (also known as)Date of birth1875Date of death1948

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0107

H King Fong 1900-2170

Organisation

Freemasons Hotel, Geraldton

Photograph of King Fong aged 31 in 1906 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1906/83)

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Weld Club, PerthFreemasons Hotel, GeraldtonWestern Australian Club, PerthSubject (place)St Georges Terrace, PerthBarrack Street, PerthGeraldtonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1906

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHainanDate1875

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateOctober 1894

UWA Collected

KING FONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA