WONG CHEW (1)

Description

Biographical informationWong Chew (1) (aka Wong Chue) was born in about 1880 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900. He was five feet two and a half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Osborne Park in 1909. He worked on Ah Sam's market garden, Beechboro Road, Bayswater, from at least 1911 to 1921.

He travelled overseas four times: September 1909 to March 1911; June 1913 to March 1914; April to December 1921; and July 1929 to June 1930.

He died in December 1935 in Bayswater and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery, Chinese Section BA, Plot 0076.Other nameWong Chew, 1880- (differentiated name)WONG CHUE (also known as)Date of birth1880Date of death8th December 1935

Photograph of Wong Chew (1) aged 48 in 1929 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1929/64)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Ah Sam's Market Garden, BayswaterSubject (place)Osborne ParkBeechboro Road, BayswaterSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1909NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT File 1929NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4283784>

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)Additional research by Ron Milton

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1880

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

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WONG CHEW (1)

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