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J & W Bateman
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J & W Bateman
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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School of Social Sciences
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LEONG CHONG
Description
Biographical information
Recruited in Singapore to work as a general labourer under contract to J & W Bateman. Fremantle and East Kimberleys for three years at S$8 per month (C).
Other name
Leong Chong (differentiated name)
Document
AAC_Box-007_0029
Organisation
J & W Bateman
Significant place
Relation
Place of birth
Place
Phun Yu (Cantonese)
Date
[date unknown]
Significant place
Relation
Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
May 1888 (WA)
Employment
Job title
Labourer
Employer
J & W Bateman
Date employed
May 1888
Connections
Subject (organisation)
J & W Bateman
Subject (place)
Fremantle, Western Australia
Kimberleys, Western Australia
Singapore
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Related collection
Anne Atkinson Collection
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
LEONG CHONG
( May 1888 (WA)). UWA Collected, accessed 28/03/2025, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/17720