YIP CHEONG

Description

Biographical informationYip Cheong was born in about 1850 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1880. He was five feet six and quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Sawyers Valley before travelling overseas in May 1911. He returned to Western Australia in September 1912 (E).Other nameYip Cheong (differentiated name)Date of birth1850

Yip Cheong aged 61 in 1911 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/104)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Sawyers ValleySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1850

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1880

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceSawyers ValleyDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

YIP CHEONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA