TIM SING

Description

Biographical informationTim Sing was born in about 1881 in China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was five feet four and half inches in height.

He worked as a cabinet maker at Perth before he travelled to China in June 1910. He died during the voyage, between Port Hedland and Broome, of consumption on the 25th June 1910 (E). He was buried at Broome.Other nameTim Sing (differentiated name)Date of birth1881Date of death25th June 1910

Document

AAC-Box-007-7-0237

Tim Sing aged 29 in 1910 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1910/128)

Employment

Job titleCabinet makerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCabinet makerConsumptionRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceChinaDate1881

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

UWA Collected

TIM SING

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA