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Chinn, Mick (Tung Tarn) (1890s - ?)

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    Chinn brothers at Victoria Market, ca 1960s, by Unknown creator (see disclaimer)
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    Chinn family portrait
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    Members of the Chinn family, c. 1903, courtesy of Copy print created by Museum of Chinese Australian History c1980s.
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    Mick (Tung Tarn) Chinn and wife
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    Grand children of Mick (Tung Tarn) Chinn (Possibly children of Wing Chinn, Mick's son) in Melbourne.
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Born
1890s
Weldborough, Tasmania
Alternative Names
  • Chinn, Mick (also used)
  • Ma Tung Tarn (full Chinese)
Summary

Mick (Tung Tarn) Chinn was the third son of Maa Mon Chinn and Loola Kow You. He was born in Weldborough and moved to Melbourne with the Chinn family in the 1910s. In the mid-1930s, his mother Loola Chinn took Mick to Hong Kong to organise a marriage for him. He is the father of Wing Chinn.

Family

Images

Title
Chinn brothers at Victoria Market, ca 1960s
Type
Photograph
Date
1960s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Queen Victoria Market
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Title
Chinn family portrait
Type
Photograph
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Title
Members of the Chinn family
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1903
Place
Australia - Tasmania - Weldborough
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Title
Mick (Tung Tarn) Chinn and wife
Type
Photograph
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See also

Title
Grandchildren of Mick (Tung Tarn) Chinn (Possibly children of Wing Chinn, Mick's son) in Melbourne
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Sources used to compile this entry: Museum of Chinese Australian History collection.

Created: 16 March 2003, Last modified: 15 October 2011