TUNG FOO

Description

Biographical informationTung Foo was born in about 1852 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1874. He was five feet five and a quarter inches in height.

He worked as a cook at Carnarvon before travelling overseas from July 1924 to January 1925 (E).Other nameTung Foo (differentiated name)Date of birth1852

Tung Foo aged 72 in 1924 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1924/67)

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)CarnarvonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1924

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1852

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1874

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceCarnarvonDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

TUNG FOO

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA