AH KANG

Description

Biographical informationAh Kang was born in about 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1887. He was about five feet and five inches in height.

He travelled overseas between August 1905 and September 1907 (A).Other nameAh Kang (differentiated name)Yee Len (also known as)Date of birth1870

Much faded photograph of Ah Kang aged 35 in 1905 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1905/45)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1905NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 undigitised

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH KANG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA