LOUEY WING

Description

Biographical informationLouey Wing was born July 1872 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in February 1894.

He worked as a market gardener at Osborne Park in 1916. He moved to a market garden in Garratt Road, Bayswater in 1917 then to Roe Street, Perth, in 1918. In 1919 he worked on Ah Cheong's market garden at Jarrahdale.

He was fined 60 shillings in November 1918 for 'Cruelty to a Horse'.Other nameLouey Wing (differentiated name)Date of birthJuly 1872

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0119

Organisation

Ah Chong's Market Garden, Jarrahdale

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1872

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateFebruary 1894

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceJarrahdaleDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Ah Chong's Market Garden, JarrahdaleSubject (place)Osborne ParkGarratt Road, BayswaterRoe Street, PerthJarrahdaleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningAnimal crueltyRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #33098406>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LOUEY WING

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA