WING YEEN

Description

Biographical informationWing Yeen was born on the 15th October 1881 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1899. He was five feet six and half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Bibra Lake before travelling overseas from April 1915 to December 1916.

He returned to China where he died in September 1951 (E).Other nameWing Yeen (differentiated name)Date of birth15th October 1881Date of deathSeptember 1951

Wing Yeen aged 36 in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/52)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Bibra LakeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1915NAA Cert of Registration MelbourneNAA CEDT File 1951 <Not digitised #5501118>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1881

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1899

UWA Collected

WING YEEN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA