- Alternative Names
- Fang Cheong Loong (also used)
- Fang Chong Loong (also used)
- Fong Cheong Loong (also used)
- Summary
A photograph caption suggests Chin Toy managed Fong Cheong Loong at least c1905.
Stone and Steele state that Fang Cheong Loong was operated by Chin Toy and Chin Fon and that the business included a timber factory in Milingimbi where cypress pine was dressed for the construction of buildings in Darwin. On Chin Toy's death in 1947 the business was divided into a number of separate businesses.
Related Subjects
Published Resources
See also
- Stone, Shane and Steele, Roger, 'Progress of the Chinese community of the Northern Territory', Northern Perspective, vol. 18, no. 1, 1995, pp. 28-37. Details
Images
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- Title
- Businessmen with visiting dignitaries, Darwin or Pine Creek (perhaps on May Day)
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1910
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory
- Details
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- Title
- View along Esplanade from Cavenagh showing Chinese-owned businesses.
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1920s
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Esplanade
- Details
See also
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- Title
- Gathering at the Residency
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- 1905
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston) - Esplanade
- Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Stone, Shane and Steele, Roger, 'Progress of the Chinese community of the Northern Territory', Northern Perspective, vol. 18, no. 1, 1995, pp. 28-37.
Created: 28 March 2006, Last modified: 26 June 2006
