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Chinn, Dorothy Tue Foang ('Biddy') (1890s - )

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    Chinn daughters and family friends, in Queensland. 2nd from right: Dorothy "Biddy" (Tue Foang) Chinn. 4th from right: Ruby (Tue Gnoak) Chinn.
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    Chinn family portrait
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    Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn (right) and friend
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    Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn and son Ming Balintong, c. 1950
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    Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn and son Ming Balintong, c. 1947, courtesy of Copy print created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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    Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn with children of her friend, courtesy of Created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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    R-L: Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn, Ming Balintong, Wing Chinn and friends
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    L-R: Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn, Mrs Poy (who later married Mahlook) and Albert 'Moses' (Tung Yot) Chinn. with Ming Balintong (Dorothy's son) standing in front
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    Dorothy Chinn and Mrs Amy Moo Tong Young playing Chinese instruments, courtesy of Copy print created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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    Lula Kow Yonn and her younger children, around 1913, in Tasmania, c. 1913
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Born
1890s
Weldborough, Tasmania, Australia
Alternative Names
  • Balintong, Dorothy (Tue Foang) (married name)
  • Chinn, Biddy (nickname)
  • Chinn, Dorothy (maiden name)
  • Chinn, Tue Foang (maiden name)
Summary

Dorothy Tue Foang (Biddy) Chinn was the third daughter of Maa Mon Chinn and Loola Kow You. Born in Weldborough and moved to Melbourne with the Chinn family in the 1910s. Mother of Ming Balintong

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Chinn daughters and family friends, in Queensland
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Photograph
Place
Australia - Queensland
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Title
Chinn family portrait
Type
Photograph
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Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn and friend
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Photograph
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Title
Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn and son Ming Balintong
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Photograph
Date
c. 1947
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Title
Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn and son Ming Balintong
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1950
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Title
Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn with children of her friend
Type
Photograph
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Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn, Ming Balintong, Wing Chinn and friends
Type
Photograph
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Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn, Mrs Poy and Albert 'Moses' (Tung Yot) Chinn with Ming Balintong
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Dorothy Chinn and Mrs Amy Moo Tong Young playing Chinese instruments
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Photograph
Control
N45-152
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Lula Kow Yonn and her younger children
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Photograph
Date
c. 1913
Place
Australia - Tasmania
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Tue Gee Chinn and Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn
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Photograph
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Sources used to compile this entry: Museum of Chinese Australian History collection.