AH FONG (5)

Description

Biographical informationAh Fong (5) was born in about 1880 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was just over five feet and six inches tall.

He worked as a market gardener in South Bunbury from at least 1911 to 1918 when he moved to Bayswater and worked on Ah Hong's market garden. From 1919 to 1921 he market gardened for Cheong Long in Peninsula Road Maylands.

Ah Fong travelled overseas three times: January 1912 to September 1913; March 1921 to August 1922; and March 1930 to December 1931.
[Ah Fong's Certificate Exempting from the Dictation Test (CEDT) files can be accessed via the 'Related Links' below.]Other nameAh Fong, 1880- (differentiated name)Date of birth1880

Document

AAC_Box-007-8_0128

AAC_Box-007-8_0182

Organisation

Ah Hong's Market Garden, Bayswater

Ah Fong pictured around the age of 31 on his 1912 CEDT (source: National Archives, K1145, 1912/6).

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1880

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBunburyDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Ah Hong's Market Garden, BayswaterCheong Long's Market Garden, MaylandsSubject (place)South BunburyBayswaterPeninsula Road MaylandsSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated itemAH PRONGRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1912NAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT File 1930

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH FONG (5)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA