SING GEE (2)

Description

Biographical informationSing Gee (2) was born in August 1874 in Kongmoon [Xiamen], China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897 (or 1894). He was five feet five and a quarter inches in height. He had a wife who remained in China.

He leased a garden at Guildford in 1903. In 1912 he worked at Bayswater and, in 1916, in Guildford Road, Belmont. In 1917 he moved to Kwong Tung's garden at Maylands.

He travelled overseas four times: July 1903 to July 1904; January 1913 to August 1914; April 1923 to June 1924; and March 1937 to April 1938.Other nameSing Gee, 1874- (differentiated name)Date of birth1874

Document

AAC-Box-007-6-0438

AAC-Box-007-8-0246

Organisation

Kwong Fung / Kwong Tung Market Garden, Maylands

Photograph of Sing Gee (2) aged 48 in 1923 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1923/40)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceKongMoonDate1874

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateOctober 1897 (or 1894)

Connections

Subject (organisation)Kwong Fung / Kwong Tung Market Garden, MaylandsSubject (place)GuildfordGuildford Road, BelmontBayswaterMaylandsSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1903NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1923NAA CEDT File 1937

Item information

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

UWA Collected

SING GEE (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA