- Occupation
- furniture maker
- Alternative Names
- Chewey Tock (also used)
- Leong Cheong Tock (also used)
- Leong Chuey Tock (also used)
- Liang Zhu Zuo (pinyin)
- 梁柱作 (Chinese characters)
Details
It is assumed that Leong Chuey Tock was born in China. It is not known when he arrived in Australia. ‘Chewey Tock’ was naturalised in Victoria in 1883 and the same person also appears in Melbourne Citizens’ Lists which means he was a ‘lessee’ and entitled to vote in local and state elections. Leong Chuey Tock is believed to have moved to Hong Kong with his families in 1920.
Leong Chuey Tock appears to have owned and managed Tock & Co, furniture factory at 136-138 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne. The factory began as Tock & Slin in 1884 and operated there until 1920. H. Lum & Co took it over the factory. The factory was a substantial three-level mechanised factory which also had a frontage onto Corrs Lane.
Leong Chuey Tock had two wives, Chun See and Ohum Lee. He is believed to have had seven children with Chun See and six with Ohum Lee.
Sources used to compile this entry: Couchman, Sophie, 'Tong Yun Gai (Street of the Chinese): Investigating patterns of work and social life in Melbourne's Chinatown 1900-1920', MA thesis, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, 2001; Couchman, Sophie, ''Oh, I would like to see Maggie Moore again': Selected women of Melbourne's Chinatown', After the Rush: Regulation, Partcipation, and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860-1840 (Otherland Literary Journal), vol. 9, 2004, pp. 171-190; NAA(ACT), A712, 1883/Y8231; Melbourne Citizens’ Lists, 1900-1901, 1910-1911; Personal communication with Shirley Millard 27 November 2004; Bendigo Golden Dragon Museum collection; Chinese Museum collection.
Prepared by: Sophie Couchman, La Trobe University
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- Couchman, Sophie, ''Oh, I would like to see Maggie Moore again': Selected women of Melbourne's Chinatown', After the Rush: Regulation, Partcipation, and Chinese Communities in Australia 1860-1840 (Otherland Literary Journal), vol. 9, 2004, pp. 171-190. [ Details... ]
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- Couchman, Sophie, 'Tong Yun Gai (Street of the Chinese): Investigating patterns of work and social life in Melbourne's Chinatown 1900-1920', MA thesis, School of Historical Studies, Monash University, 2001. [ Details... ]
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- Leong Chuey Tock with children Poy and Joyce and an unidentified young man
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1896 - c. 1898
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Created: 13 October 2005, Last modified: 8 March 2006
