CHUNG PON (CHUNG PONG (2))

Description

Biographical informationChung Pon (aka Chung Pong (2)) was born in about 1879 in Canton, China. He was five feet eight and half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener on Leong Lee's garden, Bayswater, in 1917. He moved to Plummer Street, Osborne Park, in 1918 (B).

He travelled overseas four times: April 1906 to November 1907; June 1913 to July 1917; April 1921 to January 1927; and April 1931 to January 1935 (D). As the last three trips were for longer than 3 years (the time limit for CEDTs) extension details are included in each CEDT file.Other nameChung Pon (differentiated name)CHUNG PONG 2 (also known as)Date of birth1879

Document

AAC_Box-007-8_0265

Organisation

Leong Lee's Market Garden, Bayswater

Chung Pon around the age of 34 in 1913, pictured on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1913/113).

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1879

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Leong Lee's Market Garden, BayswaterSubject (place)BayswaterPlummer Street, Osborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1906NAA CEDT File 1913 (with extension)NAA CEDT File 1920 (with extension)NAA CEDT File 1931 (with extension)NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102412>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

CHUNG PON (CHUNG PONG (2))

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA