AH FONG (1)

Description

Biographical informationAh Fong (1) was born in about 1862 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1893. He was five feet and three inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Walliston in 1916. He travelled overseas twice: July 1910 to June 1912; and September 1921 to October 1922.

[Ah Fong's Certificate Exempting from the Dictation Test (CEDT) files can be accessed via the 'Related Links' below.]

Other nameAh Fong, 1862- (differentiated name)Date of birth1862

Ah Fong pictured on his 1910 CEDT file (source: National Archives, K1145, 1910/141).

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)WallistonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1921

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1862

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1893

UWA Collected

AH FONG (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA