AH GOW (1)

Description

Biographical informationAh Gow (1) was born in about 1875 in China (exact location unspecified). He was five feet and five and a half inches in height.

He leased property at Burswood which he market gardened before travelling overseas in February 1902. He returned to Perth in July 1905 (A).Other nameAh Gow (differentiated name)Date of birth1875

Ah Gow (1) in 1902 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1902/25)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Ah Gow's Market Garden, BurswoodSubject (place)BurswoodSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902NAA War Registration File 1916-1920

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH GOW (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA