AH FEEN

Description

Biographical informationAh Feen (aka Ah Fen) was born in about 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in about 1895 (1890 given on 1902 CoD application). He was five feet and four and a quarter inches in height.

He leased a property at Gooseberry Hill to market garden in 1902. He left Western Australia in April 1902 and returned in March 1903 (A). He then worked as a market gardener in Osborne Park until 1907 when he left on a visit overseas. Ah Fen returned to Perth in April 1910 (E).Other nameAh Feen (differentiated name)AH FEN (also known as)Date of birth1866

Photograph and slide

Ah Feen in 1907

Person

AH FEN

Photograph of Ah Feen in 1902 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1902/107)

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1895

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Gooseberry Hill Osborne Park Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902NAA CEDT File 1907

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH FEEN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA