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TONG Charlie
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Biographical information
Tong Charlie (aka Young Tip) (董?)was born in April 1876 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898.
He worked as a market gardener on Hamersley's market garden at Guildford in January 1918.
He was suspected of being an illegal immigrant.
He left Western Australia in February 1918 (B).
Other name
Tong, Charlie (differentiated name)
YOUNG TIP (also known as)
董?
Date of birth
April 1876
Document
Box-007-Sorb-Box-0733
Employment
Job title
Gardener
Date employed
[date unknown]
Connections
Subject (organisation)
Hamersley's Market Garden, Guildford
Subject (place)
Guildford
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Market gardening
Illegal immigration
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4283405>
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
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Place of birth
Place
Canton
Date
1876
Significant place
Relation
Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
1898
TONG Charlie
(1898). UWA Collected, accessed 10/02/2026, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/18436
