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CHEN SHING
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Biographical information
Chen Shing was born in about 1872 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897.
He shared the lease of a market garden at Bibra Lake (A).
He travelled overseas once: March 1902 to November 1904 (D).
Other name
Chen Shing (differentiated name)
Chen Shung (1) (might also be)
Date of birth
1872
Chen Shing aged 30 in 1902 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1902/132)
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Place of birth
Place
Canton
Date
1872
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Relation
Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
1897
Connections
Subject (place)
Bibra Lake
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Market gardening
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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NAA CoD File 1902
NAA War Registration File 1916-1920
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
CHEN SHING
(1897). UWA Collected, accessed 17/03/2025, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/16750