People/financier

Louis Ah Mouy

Louis Ah Mouy (1826–1918), financier, from Australia. Linked to gold.

The lucky break

Arrived in Victoria in 1851 after a stay in Singapore that gave him English, and opened a tea merchant's business in Swanston Street, Melbourne.1,2,3

Legacy

Sent large quantities of goods to Ballarat. In September 1855 he and Lowe Kong Meng were joint agents for passengers sailing to China. The Public Record Office Victoria article says his career deserves more research.1,2,3

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Timeline

  1. from July 1851Victorian gold rush4
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People

Partner ofLowe Kong MengTwo Melbourne Chinese merchants sent passengers back to China.1

Events

FinancedVictorian gold rushHe arrived in Victoria in 1851 speaking English from Singapore.1

Places

Worked atBallaratHis Melbourne tea business sent goods to Ballarat.1

Sources

  1. Lowe Kong Meng and Chinese engagement (Provenance 2012) Public Record Office Victoria
  2. Wikidata item Q6686603
  3. File pages and licence metadata for portraits (via the Commons imageinfo/extmetadata API) Wikimedia Commons
  4. Year Book Australia 1911, gold chapter Australian Bureau of Statistics

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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