WONG CHONG (4)

Description

Biographical informationWong Chong (4) was born in September 1872 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in January 1896. He was five feet six and a half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Fitzgerald Street, Perth, in 1916 (B). He worked on Yee Ying's market garden, Bayswater, in 1919 and in South Perth in 1926 (E).

He travelled overseas three times: July 1905 to August 1910, May 1915 to November 1915 and October 1926 to July 1928. He applied for a CEDT in 1922 but did not use it.

He left Western Australia permanently in April 1929 (D).Other nameWong Chong, 1872- (differentiated name)Date of birthSeptember 1872

Wong Chong (4) aged 45 in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/82)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Yee Ying's Market Garden, BayswaterSubject (place)Fitzgerald Street, PerthBayswaterSouth PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1905NAA CEDT Extension File 1910NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1922 unusedNAA CEDT File 1926NAA CEDT File 1929

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1872

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJanuary 1896

UWA Collected

WONG CHONG (4)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA