YING QUE

Description

Biographical informationYing Que was born in June 1885 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900. He was five feet seven and a quarter inches in height.

He was recorded as a partner in the Hop War Laundry, 63 Point Street, Fremantle, in 1910. He worked as a laundryman at the Hee Kee Laundry, South Terrace, Fremantle, in 1916. He returned to the Hop War Laundry in 1918.

He then left Western Australia and visited Adelaide in 1918 and Melbourne in 1919. He returned to Perth in 1920 and worked for a few months in the Hee Kee Laundry, Fremantle before travelling overseas again.

He travelled overseas twice: October 1910 to September 1911; and August 1920 to May 1921.

[See Ah Que (4)]Other nameYing Que (differentiated name)AH QUE (4) (may also be)AH QUE (5) (may also be)Date of birthJune 1885

Person

AH QUE (4)

AH QUE (5)

YUNG QUE (duplicate entry)

Organisation

Hop War's Laundry, Fremantle

Ying Que around the age of 35 in 1920, pictured on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1920/133).

Connections

Subject (organisation)Hop War Laundry, FremantleHee Kee Laundry, FremantleSubject (place)63 Point Street, FremantleAdelaideMelbourneSouth Terrace, FremantleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated itemAH QUE (4)AH QUE (5)YUNG QUE (duplicate entry)Related linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1920NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4278321>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1885

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

UWA Collected

YING QUE

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA