Jane Elizabeth Tye née Hang Gong (28 July 1869 – 12 June 1934) was a Chinese-Australian midwife who spent much of her life living in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.
In about 1881, when Tye was still a young child, the family moved to Darwin where he father became a prominent businessman and her mother began working as a midwife.
[1] In Darwin Tye began working as a midwife and was highly sought after for her skill; much of which she had likely learned from her mother.
Of her skills Lily Ah Toy said: "[t]he whole Chinese community, and others, trusted her" and another local woman, Mary Agostini said "[w]hen you knew you were pregnant you got to get a midwife early because she was always booked up... she delivered... most of the babies in the area.
[5] In Darwin George Tye became a contractor and, not able to speak much English, relied on his wife regularly for her interpreting services.