QUOCK CHONG

Description

Biographical informationQuock Chong was born in September 1874 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1895. He was about five feet eight inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Roebourne from at least 1912 to 1921. In June 1918 he was charged with 'False Pretences' at Roebourne but the case was dismissed (B).

He travelled overseas five times: December 1905 to January 1907; February 1912 to December 1913; March 1916 to June 1917; March 1923 to July 1924; and January 1929 to April 1930 (D).

He died in Broome in November 1937 (E).Other nameQuock Chong (differentiated name)Quok Chong (also known as)Date of birthSeptember 1874Date of deathNovember 1937

Quock Chong aged 49 in 1923 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1923/41)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)RoebourneBroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1905NAA CEDT File 1912NAA CEDT File 1916NAA CEDT File 1923NAA CEDT File 1937NAA Immigration File 1933 <Not digitised #4317362>NAA Immigration File 1916-1937 <Not digitised #4317492>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1874

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1895

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceRoebourneDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

QUOCK CHONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA