CHONG WAH

Description

Biographical informationChong Wah was born in about 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1892. He was five feet seven inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener residing at Brittnals Lane, Perth, in 1916. He moved to Osborne Park in 1918 (B). In 1923 he was working at Bayswater (E).

He applied for a CEDT in 1923 but did not use it (D).Other nameChong Wah (differentiated name)Date of birth1866

Document

Some South Perth Tenements, 1906

Chong Wah aged 57 in 1923 from his unused CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1923/37)

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1892

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Brittnals Lane, PerthOsborne ParkBayswaterSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1923 unusedNAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102229>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

CHONG WAH

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA