CHUNG GAW

Description

Biographical informationChung Gaw was born in about 1873 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1893, spent five years in Tasmania, then moved to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet six inches in height.

He owned property and leased a market garden in Perth before he travelled overseas in June 1903. He returned to Western Australia in September 1904 (A).
[See Chung Gen]Other nameChung Gaw (differentiated name)CHUNG GEN (may also be)Date of birth1873

Document

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0139

Person

CHUNG GEN

Handprint of Chung Gaw in 1903 from his CoD paperwork, no photograph included in paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1903/14)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1873

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1893

Connections

Subject (person)CHUNG GENSubject (place)PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1903

Item information

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

UWA Collected

CHUNG GAW

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA