AH DAN (2)

Description

Biographical informationAh Dan (2) was born in about 1864 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1899. He six feet six and three quarters in height.

He was recorded in the rates book as a "greengrocer" at Kalamunda from at least 1905 to 1925. We have more detailed records that he was also working as a market gardener at Pickering Brook in 1909. In 1910 he was working with Levi Green to build a road to Green's Landing (Swan Express, 6/5/1910, pg 6). In 1912 he had leased part of the Levi Green property at Green's Landing in the Walliston area (Location 702) and was operating a fruit orchard when he was prosecuted for failing to comply with instructions to control fruit fly (Swan Express, 3/5/1912). He was still working in this same location in 1916 (B). In January 1925 he won second prize at the Kalamunda Show for his Lisbon lemons (Swan Express 30th January 1925, pg 2).

He made two visits overseas: September 1909 to May 1910; and May 1925 to September 1927 (D).

He died on the 1st September 1933. The Coroner recorded a verdict of "death by poisoning". At the time of his death he was staying with a Chinese owner of a laundry at Milligan Street, Perth. In the post-mortem, his stomach revealed the presence of laundry grade caustic soda. It is not clear whether the death was suicide or something more sinister.Other nameAh Dan, 1864- (differentiated name)Ah Ping (also known as)Date of birth1864Date of death1st September 1933

Document

Death by Poison

Fruit Pests - Prosecution against Ah Dan (2)

Map

Map of Walliston/Carmel Location 702

Person

Levi Green

Photograph of Ah Dan (2) in 1925 from his CEDT papers (source: NAA: K1145, 1925/66)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)Levi GreenSubject (place)Pickering BrookWallistonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningPoisoningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1925Additional research by David Mizen

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)News Report on the Kalamunda show 1925

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1864

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1894

UWA Collected

AH DAN (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA