AH HI

Description

Biographical informationAh Hi was born in about 1863 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in the early to mid 1880s. He was five feet eight inches in height.

He was a vegetable trader in Fremantle in 1889 (West Australian 14/08/1889, pg 3) and he bought some of his produce from market gardens in South Perth.

In 1893 he placed an order for the importation of twenty-one Chinese market gardeners, however, when they arrived, he failed to claim them. It was stated that he was not in Western Australia at this time. They were sent back to Singapore in June 1893 per the SS Australind (Western Mail 10/06/1893, pg 12). Shortly after this incident the regulations around the importation of Chinese labour were significantly tightened.

He left Western Australia in 1923 (E).Other nameAh Hi (differentiated name)Date of birth1863

Document

Move to Tighten Restrictions on the Important of Chinese Labour

Ah Hi in 1922 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1922/108)

Connections

Subject (organisation)SS AustralindSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 192221 Chinese "gardeners" sent back to SIngaporeImportation of Chinese labourers to be curtailedLeprosy suspected in South Perth

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)Additional research by David Mizen

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AH HI

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