MONG CHONG

Description

Biographical informationMong Chong was born in about 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet and eight inches in height.

He leased a market garden in Beaufort Street, Perth, along with Ah Yick (8) from about 1898 to 1907. The land belonged to a Mr W Waldock.

In 1910 was still working as a market gardener at Perth. By 1914 he had moved to Bayswater (E).

He travelled overseas twice: March to December 1910; and December 1914 to November 1915 (D).Other nameMong Chong (differentiated name)Date of birth1870

Person

AH YICK (8)

Mong Chong aged 44 in 1914 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1914/83)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)AH YICK (8)Subject (place)Beaufort Street, PerthBayswaterSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1914

Item information

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

UWA Collected

MONG CHONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA