AH HIN (1)

Description

Biographical informationAh Hin (1) was born in about 1866. He migrated to Western Australia in 1887. He was five feet and nine inches in height.

He leased a property in Fremantle to market garden before travelling overseas in 1902. He returned in April 1903 (A). In 1918 he was market gardening in Jubilee Street, South Perth and moved to a market garden in Jarrahdale in 1917. In 1918 he worked on Wah On's market garden in South Perth. He gardened for Ah Lit in Bayswater in 1919 (B).Other nameAh Hin, 1866- (differentiated name)Date of birth1866

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0385

Organisation

Wah On's Market Garden, South Perth

Ah Hin (1) in 1902 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1902/93)

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1887

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wah On's Market Garden, South PerthAh Lit's Market Garden, BayswaterSubject (place)FremantleJubilee Street, South PerthJarrahdaleBayswaterSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH HIN (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA