SING DI

Description

Biographical informationSing Di (aka Sing Dee) was born in August 1867 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1887 and moved to Western Australia in 1896. He was five feet five and a quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Fremantle in 1910 (E). He was registered as a cook at the Katanning Hotel in 1917 before working as a market gardener for Ah Ling in Guildford Road, Victoria Park, in 1918. In 1919 he moved to Ah Sing's market garden in Joel Terrace, Mount Lawley (B).

Sing Di travelled overseas twice: August 1910 to September 1912; and May 1916 to June 1917 (D).Other nameSing Di (differentiated name)SING DEE (also known as)Date of birth1867

Organisation

Ah Ling & Co. Market Garden, Burswood

Photograph of Sing Di aged 48 in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/165)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Katanning HotelAh Sing's Market Garden, Mount LawleyAh Ling & Co. Market Garden, BurswoodSubject (place)FremantleGuildford Road, Victoria ParkJoel Terrace, Mount LawleySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT 1910NAA CEDT 1915NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4272609>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1867

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1887

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceKatanningDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

SING DI

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA