LIN A CHUNG

Description

Biographical informationLin a Chung was born in about 1857.

He was employed at the telegraph construction camp at Louisa River, Derby, by William Atkins in 1888.

For several weeks Lin Ah Chung complained of feeling 'weak'. He died on 3 November 1888. He was buried, with all his effects, at the construction camp by two other Chinese men employed by Atkins: Ah Lick and Ah Chun (C).

Ah Teak (2) died at the same camp on 24 December 1888.Other nameLin A Chung (differentiated name)Lin Ah Chung (differentiated name)Ah ChungDate of birth1857Date of death3 November 1888

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0186

AAC-Box-007-0021

AAC-Box-007-6-0371

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0352

News from Kimberley

Person

AH TEAK (2)

William Atkins

Employment

EmployerWilliam AtkinsDate employed1888

Connections

Subject (person)AH TEAK (2)Ah ChunAh Lick Subject (place)Louisa River, DerbySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaTelegraph lineRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LIN A CHUNG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA