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McRae & Thompson
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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School of Social Sciences
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TAN ONG PAT
Description
Biographical information
Recruited in Singapore to work as a coolie under contract to McRae and Thompson, Cossack, for two years at S$8 per month (C).
Other name
Tan Ong Pat (differentiated name)
Document
AAC-Box-007-0133
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Place of birth
Place
Chan An (Hokkien)
Date
[date unknown]
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Relation
Travelled to
Place
Cossack
Date
[date unknown]
Employment
Job title
Coolie
Employer
McRae & Thompson
Date employed
February 1889
Connections
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Related collection
Anne Atkinson Collection
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
TAN ONG PAT
([date unknown]). UWA Collected, accessed 20/04/2025, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/18370