TUNG YOW YOOK WING

Description

Biographical informationTung Yow Yook Wing was born in about 1864 in China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1893. His wife and two children remained in Sun Wi, China.

in the late 1800s he owned a market garden in Osborne Park. He sold this for 300 pounds to On Sue in the early 1900s. He then worked as a market gardener at Bayswater before he died on 13 May 1907 (G).Other nameTung Yow Yook Wing (differentiated name)YOOK WING (also known as)Date of birth1864Date of death13 May 1907

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)ON SUESubject (place)BayswaterOsborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1893

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TUNG YOW YOOK WING

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA