CHEW HOY (2)

Description

Biographical informationChew Hoy (2) was born in 1878 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet six and three quarter inches in height.

He worked at the Wing On's market garden, Bourke Street, Leederville, from at least 1912 until he left Western Australia in March 1918 (B). He made a trip overseas between June 1913 and September 1916 (D).Other nameChew Hoy, 1878- (differentiated name)Date of birth1878

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0344

Organisation

Wing On's Market Garden, Leederville

Chew Hoy (2) aged 34 in 1912 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1912/146)

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wing On's Market Garden, LeedervilleSubject (place)Bourke Street, LeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1912NAA CEDT File 1918

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1878

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

UWA Collected

CHEW HOY (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA