YICK FANG

Description

Biographical informationYick Fang (aka Yick Fong) was born in July 1875 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1894. He was five feet five inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman at the American Laundry, 48 Stirling Street, Perth, in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas from May 1911 to November 1912 (D).Other nameYick Fang (differentiated name)YICK FONG (also known as)Date of birthJuly 1875

Document

AAC-Box-007-7-0100

List of Outstanding Asiatic Fees 30 April 1908

Organisation

American Laundry, Perth

Yick Fang aged 36 in 1911 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/100)

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)American Laundry, PerthSubject (place)48 Stirling Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4278143>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1875

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1894

UWA Collected

YICK FANG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA