WAH CHOONG

Description

Biographical informationWah Choong (aka Wah Chung) was born in about 1867 or 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900. He was five feet three inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Midland Junction in 1914 (E).

He travelled overseas twice: May 1904 to August 1908; and June 1917 to June 1919 (D).

A digitised file of his Certificate Exempting From Dictation Test is available at the National Archives of Australia. (NAA: K1145, 1915/23)Other nameWah Choong (differentiated name)WAH CHUNG (also known as)Date of birth1867

A profile photo aged 45 attached to Wah Chung’s Certificate for Exemption from Dictation Test form, dated 16 Feb 1915 (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/23, page 1)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Midland JunctionSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1904NAA CEDT File 1917

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1867

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

UWA Collected

WAH CHOONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA