SING HING

Description

Biographical informationSing Hing was born in about 1875 in China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1888. He was five feet four inches in height.

He was working as a market gardener and leasing a market garden on the Swan River along Peninsula Road, Maylands when he travelled overseas from August 1903 to August 1905 (A).Other nameSing Hing Id (differentiated name)Date of birth1875

Handprint of Sing Hing in 1903 from his CoD paperwork - no photographs included in file (source: NAA: K1145, 1903/51)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Peninsula Road, MaylandsSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1903

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceChinaDate1875

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1888

UWA Collected

SING HING

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA