CHEW QUAN

Description

Biographical informationChew Quan was born in about 1869 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was five feet six and a half inches in height.

He worked on a garden in Bourke Street, Leederville, from at least 1912 to 1920 then moved to Sun Yee Sang's market garden, Charles Street, North Perth. He worked in Loftus Street, Leederville, in 1921 (B).

In 1918 he appeared before the magistrates court to testify in the trial concerning the assault of Tong Coon Thomas.

He travelled overseas twice: March 1912 to November 1913; and July 1919 to May 1920. He left Western Australia permanently in July 1922 (D).Other nameChew Quan (differentiated name)Wong Quan (also known as)Ah Jim (also known as)Date of birth1869

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0295

Confucian Corroboree Pt. 1 1918

Chew Quan aged 42 in 1912 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1912/49)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)TONG COON ThomasSubject (organisation)Sam Sing's Market Garden, North PerthSubject (place)Bourke Street, LeedervilleCharles Street, North PerthLoftus Street, LeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1912NAA CEDT File 1919NAA CEDT File 1922

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1869

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

UWA Collected

CHEW QUAN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA