CHUNG KOY

Description

Biographical informationChung Koy was born August 1876 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1891 and moved to Western Australia in either 1895 or 1897. He was five feet eight and three quarter inches in height.

He shared the lease of a market garden from W. T. Loton, Perth, in 1904 (A). He worked on a market garden in Osborne Park in 1911 and on Lee York's market garden, Beechboro Road, Bayswater, in 1918 (B).

He travelled overseas four times: February 1904 to an unknown date; March 1911 to June 1912; February 1916 to June 1917; and February 1921 to June 1922 (D).Other nameChung Koy (differentiated name)Date of birthAugust 1876

Document

AAC_Box-007-8_0263

Organisation

Lee York's Market Garden, Bayswater

Chung Koy aged 40 in 1916 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1916/54)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1876

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1891

Connections

Subject (person)W. T. LotonSubject (organisation)Lee York's Market Garden, BayswaterSubject (place)PerthOsborne ParkBeechboro Road, BayswaterSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1904NAA CEDT File 1911NAA CEDT File 1916NAA CEDT File 1921NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102402>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

CHUNG KOY

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA