LANG DEN

Description

Biographical informationLang Den (aka Gee Lang Dang) was born in August 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in April 1883. He was five feet five inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Cossack in 1914 and Roebourne in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas twice: November 1914 to June 1915; and November 1918 to October 1919 (D).Other nameLang Den (differentiated name)GEE LANG DANG (also known as)Date of birthAugust 1866

Lang Den aged 50 in 1914 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1914/165)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1866

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateApril 1883

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceCossackDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceRoebourneDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)CossackRoebourneSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1914NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102723>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LANG DEN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA