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Tock, George Poy (1892 - 1960)

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    Chun See (Leong Chuey Tock's wife) and three children, 1896 - 1898, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    George Poy Tock, by Swiss Studios, Bourke St, Melbourne, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    George Poy Tock and Ethel with their two grandchildren Rita and Fred, by Swiss Studios, Bourke St, Melbourne, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    George Poy Tock leaning against fence, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    George Poy Tock on boat gangway, courtesy of S. Millard (private hands).
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    Leong Chuey Tock with children Poy and Joyce and an unidentified young man, c. 1896 - c. 1898, courtesy of Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History).
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    Wedding party, 1916, courtesy of Monash University.
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Born
1892
Melbourne East, Victoria
Died
1960
Merlynston, Victoria
Occupation
public servant
Alternative Names
  • Leong Cheong Poy (also used)
  • Liang Tock, George (also used)
  • Tock, George (also used)
  • Tock, George Poy (also used)
  • 梁长培 (Chinese characters)

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George Leong Cheong Poy Tock was the eldest son of Leong Cheong Tock and his first wife, Chun See/Chum Lee. It is believed that he went to school at Scotch College.

George married Australian-born, Ethel Maud Kin Sam. They had two children, Rita Beryl (1914- ) and Leslie Frederick (1917-1971), who were both born in Carlton, Victoria.

In 1929 George worked at the Consular Service of the Republic of China in Melbourne and records suggest he later went to work at the Chinese Foreign Office in Nanjing, China for a period. A caption to a photograph held in the State Library of Victoria and the Millard private collection suggests that he was stationed with Australia's Consul-general in Burma in the 1930s and then went to the United Kingdom before returning to Melbourne.

He died aged sixty-seven in Merlynston, near Coburg in Melbourne.

Sources used to compile this entry: Ah Yee family collection, 1900-1983, 1900 - 1983, LTA 801; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection; 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; Couchman, Sophie, 'Tong family networks revealed through the camera's lens', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 2005, pp. 47-53; Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages; State Library of Victoria picture collection; Personal communication with Shirley Millard, 12 December 2004; NAA, B13/0, 1929/14774.

Prepared by: Sophie Couchman, La Trobe University

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Archival Collections

Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History)

  • Shirley Millard collection; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection

  • Ah Yee family collection, 1900-1983, 1900 - 1983, LTA 801; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details

Published Resources

Book Sections

  • Couchman, Sophie, 'Tong family networks revealed through the camera's lens', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne, 2005, pp. 47-53. Details

Journal Articles

  • 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

Images

Title
Chun See (Leong Chuey Tock's wife) and three children
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1896 - c. 1898
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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George Poy Tock
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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George Poy Tock and Ethel with their two unidentified grandchildren
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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George Poy Tock leaning against fence
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Photograph
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George Poy Tock on boat gangway
Type
Photograph
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Group photograph of unknown man driving, George Tock beside him, Ettie Tock (nee Sam), Florence Sam and Miss Chinn in the back. 1910
Type
Photograph
Date
1910
Place
Australia - Victoria
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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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Portrait of George Tock and friend. George Tock was Austalia's Consul-General in Burma (?) 1930's (?)
Type
Photograph
Date
1900s - 1920s
Place
Australia - Victoria
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Wedding group at the marriage of Thomas and Florence Chong in 1916
Type
Photograph
Date
1916
Place
Australia - Victoria
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See also

Title
Portrait of Florence Sam with her niece, Rita Tock (daughter of Ettie Sam and George Tock) 1917
Type
Photograph
Date
1917
Place
Australia
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Created: 14 May 2004, Last modified: 15 May 2012