YING Charlie

Description

Biographical informationYing Charlie was born in about 1870 or 1873 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet three and three quarter inches in height.

He worked as a greengrocer in South Terrace, Fremantle, in 1919 (B). Before he left Western Australia in July 1923 he recorded was as a cabinet maker living at 297 James Street, Perth (E).Other nameYing, Charlie (differentiated name)Date of birth1870 or 1873

Ying Charlie aged 50 in 1923 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1923/82)

Employment

Job titleGreen grocerDate employed[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCabinet makerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)South Terrace, Fremantle297 James Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaGreengrocerShop keeperCabinet makerRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1923NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4278161>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870 or 1873

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

UWA Collected

YING Charlie

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA