TEE TAING

Description

Biographical informationTee Taing was born in October 1875 in Haikow, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was five feet six and a half inches in height "in boots".

He worked as a boarding house keeper and cook at Broome from 1901 to 1937 (E).

He travelled overseas six times: January to August 1915; August 1919 to April 1920; August 1924 to March 1925; March to October 1929; February 1932 to September 1933; and December 1937 to July 1938 (D).Other nameTee Taing (differentiated name)Date of birthOctober 1875

Tee Taing aged 48 in 1923 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1923/96)

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaBoarding house keeperCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1918NAA CEDT File 1923NAA CEDT File 1928NAA CEDT File 1932NAA CEDT File 1937NAA Immigration File 1913-1938 <Not digitised #4317491>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4272753 & 4283030>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHaikowDate1875

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

TEE TAING

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA