LEONG SAME

Description

Biographical informationLeong Same (aka Leong Some) was born in August 1883 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1899. He was five feet five and a quarter inches in height.

He worked as a vegetable hawker residing at Victoria Street, North Fremantle, in 1916. He moved to Leederville in 1919 (B). He was recorded as a market gardener at Osborne Park in 1924 (E).

He travelled overseas between July 1924 and April 1925 (D).Other nameLeong Same (differentiated name)LEONG SOME (also known as)Date of birthAugust 1883

Leong Same aged 39 in 1924 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1924/62)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1883

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1899

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Victoria Street, North FremantleLeedervilleOsborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaVegetable hawkerMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1924NAA Immigration File 1925-1928 <Not digitised #4317151>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5113280>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LEONG SAME

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA