AH HOY (4)

Description

Biographical informationAh Hoy (4) was born in about 1881 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was just over six feet and seven inches in height (6 feet six and a half in later life).

He worked as a market gardener at Lockridge, Guildford, before travelling overseas in August 1907 (D). On his return in September 1908, he resumed work on the Lockridge market garden until 1915 when he moved to North Fremantle (E). In 1918. Ah Hoy was market gardening at Joel Terrace, Mount Lawley, and, in 1925, on a market garden in Suburban Road, South Perth (B).

Ah Hoy travelled overseas four more times: June 1911 to November 1912; January 1916 to March 1918; March 1919 to December 1920; and January 1925 to January 1927. He left WA permanently in February 1931 (D).Other nameAh Hoy, 1881- (differentiated name)Date of birth1881

Ah Hoy (4) aged 38 in 1919 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1919/34)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1881

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Lockridge, GuildfordJoel Terrace, Mount LawleyNorth FremantleSuburban Road, South PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1911NAA CEDT File 1916NAA CEDT File 1919NAA CEDT File 1925NAA CEDT File 1931

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH HOY (4)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA