AH FONG (4)

Description

Biographical informationAh Fong (4) was born in about 1871 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1898 and moved to Western Australia in 1900. He was five feet and seven inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Jones Street, Osborne Park from 1900 to 1920. During that time, Ah Fong travelled overseas three times: July 1905 to July 1906; March 1910 to November 1912; and April 1916 to September 1918. He left Western Australia permanently in June 1920.

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

Other nameAh Fong, 1871- (differentiated name)Date of birth1871

Ah Fong pictured on his CEDT in 1920 (source: National Archives, K1145, 1920/97).

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Jones Street, Osborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1905NAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1916NAA CEDT File 1920

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1871

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

UWA Collected

AH FONG (4)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA