Matilda Lo Keong

Name
Matilda Lo Keong

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Background

(1854/56-1915).  Store keeper, homemaker and community worker.  The first known Chinese woman in New Zealand.  Her origins are obscure, but she is known to have been resident in Australia, where she married.  She joined her husband in Dunedin in late 1873.  She raised her six children to be well educated members of the wider community, helped with the Chinese Mission Church and was known for her charitable works.

Locality

Category
Historical or notable people

Gender (if applicable)
Female

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