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16772
bc35a7e62c4b36ee32716be8ba9e7c32bcfc0981
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School of Social Sciences
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Carnarvon
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CHENG LOY
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Cheng Loy was born in July 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1884.
He worked as a tailor residing at Jap Town, Carnarvon, in 1916.
He was admitted to Royal Perth Hospital in April 1920 suffering from cancer (B).
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Cheng Loy (differentiated name)
Date of birth
1866
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Jap Town, Carnarvon
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Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Tailor
Cancer
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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NAA War Registration File 1916-1920
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School of Social Sciences
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Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
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Canton
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1866
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Australia
Date
1884
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Carnarvon
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CHENG LOY
([date unknown]). UWA Collected, accessed 22/09/2026, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/16772