DAN JAN TANG

Description

Biographical informationDan Jan Tang (aka Dan Jan Tong) was born in about 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900. He was five feet three and three quarter inches in height.

He worked as a boarding house keeper at Broome (E).

He travelled overseas twice: January to December 1907 and February to December 1911 (D).Other nameDan Jan Tang (differentiated name)DAN JAN TONG (also known as)Date of birth1866

Dan Jan Tang aged 39 in 1911 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/9)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1866

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaBoarding house keeperRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1905NAA CEDT File 1911

Item information

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

UWA Collected

DAN JAN TANG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA