GEE LANG

Description

Biographical informationGee Lang was born in January 1881 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1889. He was five feet three inches in height.

He worked as a shop keeper at Cossack in 1911 and a cook in the Kimberleys in 1917 (B).

He travelled overseas from April 1911 to January 1912. In November 1919 he moved to Darwin (D).Other nameGee Lang (differentiated name)Date of birthJanuary 1881

Gee Lang aged 23 in 1911 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/69)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceChinaDate1881

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1889

Employment

Job titleShopkeeperDate employed[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)CossackKimberleysSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop keeperCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102722>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

GEE LANG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA