SING FONG

Description

Biographical informationSing Fong was born in September 1865 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1886 and moved to Western Australia in 1885. He was over five feet three inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Britannia Road, Leederville, in 1914 (E). He worked on a market garden at Osborne Park in 1916. In 1919 he moved to Guildford (B).

He travelled overseas four times: April 1906 to May 1907; March 1914 to October 1915; April 1923 to June 1924; and April 1926 to May 1928 (D).Other nameSing Fong (differentiated name)Date of birthSeptember 1865

Sing Fong aged 57 in 1923 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1923/57)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1865

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1886

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Britannia Road, LeedervilleOsborne ParkGuildfordSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1906NAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1923NAA CEDT File 1926NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4272610>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

SING FONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA