AH FOOK (1)

Description

Biographical informationAh Fook (1) was born in about 1852 in Canton, China. He migrated to Victoria, Australia in 1876 and moved to Western Australia in 1894. He left a wife and children in China. He was five feet and nine inches in height.

He lived in Fremantle from 1894 to 1898. In 1898 he leased a property in Osborne Park which he market gardened.

In February 1904 he travelled to China to visit his wife and family and returned to Western Australia in February 1906.

In 1917 he was market gardening at Bibra Lake. He moved back to Osborne Park in 1919 and worked for Hea Sam on his Robert Street garden.Other nameAh Fook (differentiated name)Date of birth1852

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0208

Ah Fook in 1904 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1904/10)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1852

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1876

Connections

Subject (person)HEA SAMSubject (organisation)Hea Sam's Market Garden, Osborne ParkSubject (place)Bibra LakeRobert Street, Osborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1904

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH FOOK (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA