AH BUCK

Description

Biographical informationAh Buck was born in about 1873 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was just over five feet eight and a half in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Osborne Park in 1916 before working for W.S. Goon at Bayswater (B).

He left Western Australia in February 1917 and returned via Melbourne in October 1917 (D).Other nameAh Buck (differentiated name)Date of birth1873

Photograph of Ah Buck in 1916 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1916/159)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1873

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)W.S. GoonSubject (place)Osborne ParkBayswaterSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911 unusedNAA CEDT File 1916

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)

UWA Collected

AH BUCK

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA