On the NAA website there is a record on Fong How (ie. Fong Sui Wing as he was known in Australia... on official papers anyway it seems). The following is the key information i've gathered from it (If you find any other interesting fact i've missed then please let me know).
The most interesting thing i find is that he actually died in China about 3x months after leaving Australia.
Certificate of Exemption from Dictation Test - Fong How [#1919/50]
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=1592980&I=1&SE=1
Applied to visit China for 36 months on the 29 Sep 1919 [CEDT #252/03]
Aged 59 at the time of departure. Birthplace Canton 1860
Scar near mouth on right side & scare below left ear.
Departed 15/11/1919 on the Ship SS Victoria. Died in China on about the 12 Feb 1920.
His Thumbprint was described as being from 'well known Chinese Merchant'.
Came to Australia in 1882. Lived in Darwin for 26 years.
Was absent from Australia 7 times in that period.
1885 - 1893 (7 years)
Nov 1904 - May 1905 (.5 year)
Aug 1910 - Oct 1911 (1 year)
Sep 1907 - Jun 1908 (1 year)
Aug 1917 - Aug 1919 (2 years)
Occupation at was Merchant.
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Lot 401 Cavenagh St, Palmerston 1890
On 1st September 1890 three parties Wo Yuen (LAU Dan), Yot Sing and Wing Wah Loong (FONG How) signed a seven year lease on lot 401 in Cavenagh Street , Palmerston.
[Lease No 1232; Vol IV, Folio 238]
They signed the lease, not in their personal names, but in the names or style of their businesses. The Lessor, Alfred Francis WEAVER, was a gentleman of Edwardstown, South Australia and the yearly rental was £30.
They renewed the lease on 1st November 1897. [Lease No 1897; Volume IV; Folio 238]
Lot 401 was situated directly opposite the Terminus Hotel and the 'Tree of Knowledge' and is now parkland opposite the Council Chambers.
Leonie LOW
Wow, Leonie Low. Thanks fot finding the shop called Wing Wah Long. Does anyone have a photograph of this business. It would be wonderful to see this.
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