CHEN SHUNG (1)

Description

Biographical informationChen Shung (1) (aka Ah Shung) was born in about 1874 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1895. He was five feet and eight inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman at the York Laundry, Avon Terrace, York, in 1909 (F). Worked at a laundry in Newcastle Street, Perth, in 1915 (E).

He travelled overseas twice: August 1910 to July 1911; and November 1915 to April 1917 (D).Other nameChen Shung (differentiated name)AH SHUNG (also known as)Date of birth1874

Document

AAC-Box-007-7-0084

AAC-Box-007-7-0120

Organisation

York Laundry, York

Person

LEE YING Charlie

Chen Shung (1) aged 41 in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/153)

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)York Laundry, YorkSubject (place)Avon Terrace, YorkNewcastle Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1915

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1874

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1895

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceYorkDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

CHEN SHUNG (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA