AH HON (2)

Description

Biographical informationAh Hon (2) was born in about 1881 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet and five inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Government Road, Osborne Park, in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas four times: February 1921 to June 1922; January 1926 to October 1927; February 1929 to November 1929; and April 1938 to November 1938 (D).Other nameAh Hon, 1881- (differentiated name)Date of birth1881

Photograph of Ah Hon (2) in 1929 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1929/27)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1881

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Government Road, Osborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT File 1927NAA CEDT File 1929NAA CEDT File 1938

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH HON (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA