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Ah Mouy family

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    Chinese Progress Association. 2nd Annual Ball, 26/11/24., 26 November 1924, courtesy of Chinese Museum.
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    Frank (Tung Foo) Chinn (3rd from right?) and friends by a car at a picnic in Melbourne, 1920s, courtesy of Chinese Museum.
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    Frank (Tung Foo) Chinn (with flowers, possibly second from left) and friends at a picnic in Melbourne., courtesy of Chinese Museum.
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    Monica Kung seated in cane chair, courtesy of Chinese Museum.
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    Stanley (or Vernon?) Ah Mouy reading book, courtesy of Chinese Museum.
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Summary

The name of Louey Ah Mouy's first wife is not known but they had three children: Alice and James who were both deceased by 1869 and Emily who was sixteen in 1877 and so born c.1861. Louey Ah Mouy and his second wife, Ung (nee Chuck), had three children: Mee How, Kum, Fon. Victorian Births, Deaths and Mariages list five children (Chee How, Enah, Fon How, Kwong and Ling) all registered in the same year. Kwong How (male) was born on 4 April 1869 at Napier Street, Melbourne. Enah (female) was born 5 July 1873 at 348 Albert Road, South Melbourne. Chee How (male) was born 7 September 1877 at 322 Albert Road, South Melbourne.

Mee How married Monica Kung and they one child: Stanley. When Enah married Henry Joseph Chawkley on 9 December 1908 she was described as Enah Pinkey, widow.

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Archival Collections

B. Chawkley (private collection)

  • Baden Chawkley; B. Chawkley (private collection) [ Details... ].

Chinese Museum

  • Ah Mouy family collection, AM; Chinese Museum [ Details... ].

Published Resources

Books

  • Cronin, Kathryn, Colonial Casualties: Chinese in Early Victoria, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1982. [ Details... ]
  • Loh, Morag, Sojourners and Settlers: Chinese in Victoria 1848-1985, Victorian Government China Advisory Committee, Melbourne, 1985. [ Details... ]
  • Yong, C.F., New Gold Mountain: The Chinese in Australia 1901-1920, Raphael Arts, South Australia, 1977. [ Details... ]

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See also

  • 'Mr L. Ah Mouy Dead: First Chinese in Victoria', Sun (Melbourne), 1918. [ Details... ]
  • 'Victoria's First Chinese: Store of the gold fever: One letter brings 37,000 immigrants', Richmond Guardian, 18 May. [ Details... ]
  • 'A veteran Chinese: Death at Middle Park', Herald (Melbourne), 30 April. [ Details... ]

Images

Title
Chinese Progress Association 2nd Annual Ball
Type
Photograph
Date
26 November 1924
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Frank (Tung Foo) Chinn (3rd from right?) and friends by a car at a picnic in Melbourne
Type
Photograph
Date
1920s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Title
Frank (Tung Foo) Chinn (with flowers, possibly second from left) and friends at a picnic in Melbourne.
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Monica Kung seated in cane chair
Type
Photograph
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Stanley Ah Mouy reading book
Type
Photograph
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Sources used to compile this entry: NAA, B13, 1923/15625; Museum of Chinese Australian History collection; Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Created: 15 April 2005, Last modified: 30 July 2008