SUE WING

Description

Biographical informationSue Wing was born in about 1866 in Canton, China. He was five feet six inches in height. Arrived in WA from Victoria around 1896.

He leased a market garden in Bourke Street, Leederville, close to Lake Monger, in the early 1900s. His garden was leased from Mr H. Britnall(sp?) of Murray Street.

Applied for a Certificate to return to the colony in mid-1900 and arrived back in May 1901.

He travelled overseas from March 1907 to June 1910 (D).Other nameSue Wing (differentiated name)Date of birth1866

Document

Chinese Gardeners and Market Gardens in the City of Vincent on 1911

Sue Wing - Certificate to return to the Colony 1900

Photograph and slide

Sue Wing - 1900 photo

Sue Wing aged 40 in 1906 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1906/142)

Connections

Subject (place)Bourke Street, LeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1906NAA CEDT File 1909

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1866

UWA Collected

SUE WING

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA