John Fong On interviewed by Warren Lee Long for the Post-war Chinese Australians oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1039067
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Fong On, John, 1915-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1996
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 154 min.)
- Series:
- Post-war Chinese Australians oral history project.
- Summary:
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John Fong On, engineering surveyor talks about his family background, in particular, his father's arrival in Australia in 1883 from China, where he worked for five years before returning to China to marry and then returned to Australia. He talks about his father's position in the community, his grocery store and his gambling; the family's return to China in 1929 and his education there, graduating in civil engineering in 1939; returning to Australia and working as a surveyor. Fong On also discusses his interest in Theosophy and his work on the restoration of the Hou Wang Temple. A description is also provided of life in the early Atherton Chinatown.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on May 5, 1996 in Atherton, Qld.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Corrected transcript available (typescript, 51 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Surveyors
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lee Long, W. J. (Warren John), 1959-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Post-war Chinese Australians oral history project.
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- Until 2066 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1996
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