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Mow Fung (1846 - )

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    Mow Fung: Taken in Hong Kong, 1896, c. 1896, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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Born
1846
Guangdong Province, China
Occupation
hotelkeeper and storekeeper
Alternative Names
  • Fung Mow
  • Mow Fung
Summary

According to a caption on Mow Fung's portrait he was a respected and naturalised Chinese storekeeper and hotelier at Mullock Bank (Morella). He later moved to Deep Lead. The Hargreaves family seem to have been friends with him.

Research by Mow Fung's descendants indicates he was born in 1846 and that around 1896 he and his family moved to Hong Kong. Four of his children (Fred, Ned, Alice, Esie) appear in a Deep Lead school photograph in 1892. According to the birth certificate of one of his other children, Elizabeth, he was born in 'Canton, China' and married Huish Huish (also born in Canton, China) on 2 December 1868 at Ararat. The certificate mentions two other children, Lena and Emily who were 5 and 2 years old respectively at the date Elizabeth's birth was registered, 7 July 1877. Two other deceased children are also listed, Hing and Manon.

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Title
Mow Fung
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1896
Place
Hong Kong
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Sources used to compile this entry: 'State School 721', in Deep Lead Historical Links, Deep Lead Progress Association Inc, Deep Lead Progress Association website, http://home.vicnet.net.au/~deeplead/school.html.