SING SHENG

Description

Biographical informationSing Sheng (aka Sing Seung, aka Sing Shong) was born in October 1865 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1888 and moved to Western Australia in 1894. He was five feet six and three quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Guildford in 1916 and in Newcastle Street, Perth, in 1919 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: August 1905 to May 1907; March 1914 to January 1916; and July 1919 to June 1921 (D).Other nameSing Sheng (differentiated name)SING SEUNG (also known as)SING SHONG (also known as)Date of birthOctober 1865

Sing Sheng (aka Sing Shong) aged 54 in 1919 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1919/87)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)GuildfordNewcastle Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1905NAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1919NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4272630 & 4272631>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1865

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1888

UWA Collected

SING SHENG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA