AH FON

Description

Biographical informationAh Fon was born in about 1878 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898.

He travelled overseas from October 1908 to December 1909. He worked as a market gardener in Oxford Street, Leederville in 1916 (B). Ah Fon left Western Australia in March 1921 (D).Other nameAh Fon (differentiated name)Date of birth1878

Photograph and slide

Market gardens, Oxford Street, Leederville

Photograph of Ah Fon in 1908 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1908/119)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Oxford Street, LeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1908

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1878

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

UWA Collected

AH FON

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA