TOK SING JUE

Description

Biographical informationTok Sing Jue (or To King Jue) was born in about 1865 in Hainan, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1885. He worked as a cook in Derby in 1917 and 1926. Admitted to Royal Perth Hospital in June 1918. Fined £10 in July 1918 for 'Smoking Opium' in Perth (B). Travelled overseas from February to April 1928 (D).Other nameTok Sing Jue (differentiated name)TO KING JUE (also known as)TO KING GUE (also known as)Date of birth1865

Tok Sing Jue (or To King Jue) in 1926 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1926/90)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHainanDate1865

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJune 1885

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceDerbyDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)DerbySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1926

Item information

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

UWA Collected

TOK SING JUE

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA