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Australia / Re: Pon Pack Quon also known as william pack queen
« on: Wednesday 31 January 18 05:05 GMT (UK) »
Date of arrival in Australia is not known.
In the early 1900s Pon Pack Quon was a banana merchant associated with the Geraldton Fruit Company in Adelaide's East End Market (note: Geraldton was the original name of Innisfail, Qld).
He was a member of the 潘 (Poon, Pon, or Pun in Cantonese dialect) family clan.
It is believed Poon Gooey was a cousin, a valuable clue to his origin in China: http://chineseaustralia.org/tag/poon-gooey/
There is a portrait of Pon Pack Quon (probably a wedding photo from 1904) at http://www.chia.chinesemuseum.com.au/objects/D001603.htm
In 1913 with his brothers Daniel Num and Poon Sam Wah he opened a short-lived Chinese restaurant, the "Canton Cafe", in Grote St, Adelaide - see news article at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59733694
and also https://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=97822
A copy of the menu is held by family members.
In the early 1900s Pon Pack Quon was a banana merchant associated with the Geraldton Fruit Company in Adelaide's East End Market (note: Geraldton was the original name of Innisfail, Qld).
He was a member of the 潘 (Poon, Pon, or Pun in Cantonese dialect) family clan.
It is believed Poon Gooey was a cousin, a valuable clue to his origin in China: http://chineseaustralia.org/tag/poon-gooey/
There is a portrait of Pon Pack Quon (probably a wedding photo from 1904) at http://www.chia.chinesemuseum.com.au/objects/D001603.htm
In 1913 with his brothers Daniel Num and Poon Sam Wah he opened a short-lived Chinese restaurant, the "Canton Cafe", in Grote St, Adelaide - see news article at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59733694
and also https://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=97822
A copy of the menu is held by family members.
born 1871 in china died 1922 in south Australia. married emily elizabeth bawden in 1904 in south australia
and came to austrtalia, trying to find out when and how he emigrated to Australia
any help would be appreciated thanks