TOM DIN

Description

Biographical informationTom Din (aka Twon Din) was born in about 1868 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet three inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman at the Hang Lee Laundry, 240 William Street, Perth, in 1913 (E). He operated his own laundry at Eighth Avenue, Maylands, in 1915 before returning to the Hang Lee Laundry in 1919 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: March 1909 to May 1910; March 1914 to September 1915; and July 1919 to November 1920. He left Western Australia permanently in July 1932 without a CEDT (D).Other nameTom Din (differentiated name)TWON DIN (also known as)Date of birth1868

Document

AAC-Box-007-7-0055

Tom Din aged 51 in 1919 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1919/65)

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Hang Lee Laundry, PerthSubject (place)240 William Street, PerthEighth Avenue, MaylandsSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1909NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1919NAA CEDT Extension File 1935NAA CEDT Extension File 1935NAA Immigration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4317350>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4317736 & 5102474>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1868

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

UWA Collected

TOM DIN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA