TAN AH CHONG

Description

Biographical informationTan Ah Chong (陳亞全) was born in about 1866 in Liong Ke (Hokkien), China. He migrated to Western Australia in December 1888.

He was recruited in Singapore to work as an outdoor labourer under contract to Archibald Edmund Burt, location unrecorded [but likely to be either Peedamunna Station, Onslow and Oudabunna Station, Lower Murchison], for two years at S$9 per month (C).Other nameTan Ah Chong (differentiated name)陳亞全Date of birth1866

Document

AAC-Box-007-0043

Person

Archibald Edmund Burt

Employment

Job titleLabourerEmployerArchibald Edmund BurtDate employedDecember 1888

Connections

Subject (organisation)Peedamunna Station, OnslowOudabunna Station, Lower MurchisonSubject (place)OnslowLower MurchisonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaFarm labourerRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceLiong Ke (Hokkien)Date1866

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateDecember 1888 (WA)

UWA Collected

TAN AH CHONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA