CHUNG HONG

Description

Biographical informationChung Hong (aka Leong Chun Hong) was born in October 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet seven inches in height.

He worked on Sue Wing's market garden, Bourke Street, Leederville, in 1912 and in Brisbane Street, Perth, in 1916 where he hawked vegetables as well as market gardened.

He moved to Hop Lee's market garden, Havelock Street, West Perth, in 1921.

He was recorded as a pork sausage maker in Perth in 1929.

He travelled overseas twice: April 1913 to January 1914; and March 1930 to January 1933.Other nameChung Hong (differentiated name)LEONG CHUN HONG (also known as)Date of birthOctober 1870

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0221

AAC-Box-007-8-0314

Organisation

Sue Wing's Market Garden, Leederville

Chung Hong (referred to as Leong Chun Hong) aged 59 in 1929 from his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1929/59).

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Hop Lee's Market Garden, West PerthSue Wing's Market Garden, LeedervilleSubject (place)Bourke Street, LeedervilleBrisbane Street, PerthHavelock Street, West PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningHawkerSausage makerRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1929

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

UWA Collected

CHUNG HONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA