GEEY TONG

Description

Biographical informationGeey Tong was born in April 1864 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in April 1892. He was just over five feet seven inches in height.

He worked as a cabinet maker for Wah Hing & Co, 46 Stirling Street, Perth, in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas from December 1919 and September 1921. Geey Tong left Western Australia, in July 1922 intending to return but was killed "by a bandit" in Heungshan, China, in that year (D).Other nameGeey Tong (differentiated name)Date of birthApril 1864

Photograph of Geey Tong aged 55 in 1919 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1919/139)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1864

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateApril 1892

Employment

Job titleCabinet makerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wah Hing & Co., Furniture Factory, PerthSubject (place)46 Stirling Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaFurniture makerMurderBanditRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1919NAA CEDT File 1922NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised # 5102733- 5102734>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

GEEY TONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA