TAN GEE SONG

Description

Biographical informationTan Gee Song was born in November 1876 in Chiung Chou, Hainan Island, China. He migrated to Western Australia in July 1896. He was five feet three and a quarter inches in height.

He worked as a steward at the Weld Club, Barrack Street, Perth, in 1916. He was registered as unemployed in 1938.

He travelled overseas three times: November 1922 to June 1924; February 1931 to April 1935; and January to October 1938.

[See Gee Song]Other nameTan Gee Song (differentiated name)GEE SONG (may also be)Date of birth1876

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0106

Photograph of Tan Gee Song in 1937 from CEDT file (Source: NAA: K1145, 1937/38_

Connections

Subject (organisation)Weld Club, PerthSubject (place)Barrack Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaStewardRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated itemGEE SONGRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1922NAA CEDT File 1931NAA CEDT Extension File 1934NAA CEDT File 1937NAA Immigration File 1909-1938 <Not digitised #4317494>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4272813>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceChiung ChouDate1876

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJuly 1896

UWA Collected

TAN GEE SONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA