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Balintong, Ming (1944 - )

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    Chinn brothers at Victoria Market, ca 1960s, by Unknown creator (see disclaimer)
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    Chinn family, Melbourne ca 1960s. Front: Ming Balintong. Middle: Tue Gee Chinn. Back (L-R): Albert 'Moses' (Tung Yot) Chinn and Frank (Tung Foo) Chinn. Taken at 62 or 66 Chaucer St, St Kilda., by Unknown creator (see disclaimer)
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    Chinn family portrait
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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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    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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    Shooters holding 1955 pennants. Jan O'Hoy (left), Ming Balintong (right) and friend in foreground with gun., c. 1960, by Unknown creator (see disclaimer)
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    Ming Balintong
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    Ming Balintong and possibly Margaret Kong, c. 1946
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Born
1944
Occupation
fruit merchant
Alternative Names
  • Ming, Balintong
Summary

Ming Balintong was Frank Chinn's nephew and the son of Frank’s sister Dorothy 'Biddy' (Tue Foang) Chinn. He later worked in the Chinn brothers fruit and vegetable business at the Victoria Market. He married Anne Hutchens on 10 June 1972.

Family

Archival Collections

Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History)

  • Lew-Boar family collection, RLB; Chinese Museum (Museum of Chinese Australian History). Details

Images

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Chinn brothers at Victoria Market, ca 1960s
Type
Photograph
Date
1960s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Queen Victoria Market
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Chinn family at 62 or 66 Chaucer St, St Kilda, Melbourne, c1960s
Type
Photograph
Date
1960s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - St Kilda
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Chinn family portrait
Type
Photograph
Note
possible
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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 and son Ming Balintong
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1947
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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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Jan O'Hoy, Ming Balintong and friend holding 1955 pennants
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1960
Place
Australia - Victoria?
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Title
Ming Balintong
Type
Photograph
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Ming Balintong (or Wing Chinn) and possibly Margaret Kong
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1946
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Little Bourke Street
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Ming Balintong and friend
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria?
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Ming Balintong and friend in Melbourne
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Ming Balintong and friends at function
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Photograph
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Title
Ming Balintong?
Type
Photograph
Date
c. 1938 - c. 1946
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne?
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Ming Balintong's wedding in Melbourne to Ann Hutchins
Type
Photograph
Date
10 June 1972
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne
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Ming Ballingtong Chinn's birthday group
Type
Photograph
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Little Bourke Street
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Moomba Young Chinese League dragon procesion
Type
Photograph
Date
1950s - 1970s
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Bourke Street
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Rathdowne Street Primary School, Grade 5
Type
Photograph
Date
1955
Place
Australia - Victoria - Melbourne - Rathdowne Street
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Sources used to compile this entry: Museum of Chinese Australian History collection.

Created: 17 March 2003, Last modified: 2 February 2007