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William (Bill) Ah Ket (20 June 1876 – 6 August 1936) was a noted Australian barrister.^[1]

He was born in Wangaratta, Victoria. He is noted for fighting against the requirements of the 1907 Factories (Employment of Chinese) Act, which discriminated against Australian-born Chinese.^[2] He successfully opposed proposed legislative amendments in 1904, 1905 and 1907 which would have specifically discriminated against Chinese in the furniture industry. Ah Ket was a co-founder of the Australian-Chinese Association and the Victorian delegate to the opening of the Chinese national parliament in 1912. In 1913-14 and 1917 he acted as Consul-General for China in Melbourne.^[3]^[4]

His daughter Malaan is the mother of the British guitarist John Williams.

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^ Lack, John. "Ah Ket, William (1876 - 1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070021b.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
^ "Furniture making". Chinese Heritage of Australia federation. http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/FMPro?-db=background.fp5&-format=format/background_record.htm&-lay=web&id=16&-max=1&-find=. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
^ Ah Ket, Toylaan (July 5 1995). "William Ah Ket - Building Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936*". Chinese Heritage of Australia federationv. http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/wahket.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
^ "WILLIAM AH KET". National Museum of Australia, Canberra. http://nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/harvest_of_endurance_html_version/the_people/william_ah_ket/. Retrieved 2007-09-19.

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[adb-0] Lack, John. "Ah Ket, William (1876 - 1936)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070021b.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-10.

[1] "Furniture making". Chinese Heritage of Australia federation. http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/FMPro?-db=background.fp5&-format=format/background_record.htm&-lay=web&id=16&-max=1&-find=. Retrieved 2007-09-19.

[2] Ah Ket, Toylaan (July 5 1995). "William Ah Ket - Building Bridges between Occident and Orient in Australia, 1900-1936*". Chinese Heritage of Australia federationv. http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/wahket.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-19.

[3] "WILLIAM AH KET". National Museum of Australia, Canberra. http://nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/harvest_of_endurance_html_version/the_people/william_ah_ket/. Retrieved 2007-09-19.

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