CHIONG JIONG TAN

Description

Biographical informationChiong Jiong Tan migrated to Western Australia in March 1879 per 'Janet'.

He worked as a cook under contract for W. D. Moore at the Fish Curing Establishment, Mandurah, for S$6 per month for 12 months. He was sent to the Perth Gaol in 1880 for refusing to cook. He was released from gaol in April 1880 but had no means of returning to Mandurah as he was destitute. Leong A Jian committed the same offence and found himself in the same situation.

In 1885, Chiong Jiong Tan was employed by the Commissioner for Crown Lands when he requested to be repatriated to Singapore. Approval was given. He was in the Mount Eliza Depot and returned to Singapore per SS Natal 29 April 1885. Other nameChiong Jiong Tan (differentiated name)CHUNG JOHN TAN (also known as)

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0082

AAC-Box-007-0009

AAC-Box-007-0152

AAC-Box-007-0212

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0107

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0141

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0331

Organisation

W.D. Moore & Co.

Western Australian Colonial Government

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate20 March 1879

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceMandurahDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookEmployerW.D. Moore & Co.Date employedMarch 1879

Employment

EmployerWestern Australian Colonial GovernmentDate employed1885

Connections

Subject (person)Commissioner for Crown LandsSubject (organisation)SS NatalMount Eliza DepotFish Curing Establishment, MandurahSubject (place)MandurahSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRepatriationCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

UWA Collected

CHIONG JIONG TAN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA