SING TONG

Description

Biographical informationSing Tong was born in October 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1887. He was five feet four inches in height.

When he first arrived he worked for Maurice Davies in Karridale in 1887 as a labourer (possibly indentured).

He shared the lease of a market garden at Bayswater in 1902. He worked at Osborne Park in 1914 and in Mary Street, Bayswater, in 1917. In 1919 he worked on Ah Hoey's market garden in Leederville.

He travelled overseas three times: March 1902 to March 1903; March 1909 to June 1910; and April 1914 to November 1916.Other nameSing Tong (differentiated name)Date of birth1866

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0126

AAC-Box-007-8-0265

AAC-Box-2-0460

AAC-Box-2-0471

AAC-Box-2-0472

AAC-Box-2-0473

AAC-Box-2-0488

Person

AH HING (22)

AH HOEY

Maurice Coleman Davies

Organisation

Leong Lee's Market Garden, Bayswater

Photograph of Sing Tong in 1902 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1902/63)

Employment

Job titleGardenerEmployerAH HOEYDate employed1st January 1919

Connections

Subject (person)Maurice Coleman DaviesSubject (organisation)Leong Lee's Market Garden, BayswaterAh Hoey's Market Garden, LeedervilleSubject (place)BayswaterMary Street, BayswaterLeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902NAA CEDT File 1909NAA CEDT File 1914

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1866

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1887

UWA Collected

SING TONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA