- Born
- 23 April 1844
Stepney, London, United Kingdom - Died
- 6 April 1911
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia - Summary
Sarah Bowman was born in Stepney, London and possibly worked as a young midwife there. She made the journey to Australia with her sister in 1861 when she was only seventeen. She met and lived with Lee Hang Gong and they later married by the Wesleyan minister in Creswick, Victoria in 1871. They had seven children: Thomas, Arthur, Jane, Selina (Cissie), Henry, Herbert and Ernest. When the family moved to Darwin in the late 1870s she became well-known and highly respected for her services as a midwife. She also spent time in Hong Kong where one of her children was born. She died and is buried in Darwin, Northern Territory.
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Published Resources
Online Resources
- Lee, Valerie, 'Lee Hang Gong/Sarah Bowman family history research: A progress report', Journal of Chinese Australia, no. 1, May, http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/jca/issue01/05Lee.html. Details
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- Jane Tye and Sarah Bowman
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- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1908
- Place
- Australia - Northern Territory - Darwin (Palmerston)
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- Sarah Bowman's grave in Darwin
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- Photograph
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- Sarah Lee Hang Gong (nee Bowman) with four of her children in Victoria mid 1880s
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- Photograph
- Date
- 1880s
- Place
- Australia - Victoria
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Sources used to compile this entry: Lee, Valerie, 'Lee Hang Gong/Sarah Bowman family history research: A progress report', Journal of Chinese Australia, no. 1, May, http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/jca/issue01/05Lee.html.
Created: 7 November 2005, Last modified: 1 December 2008
