AH KIM (2)

Description

Biographical informationAh Kim (2) was born in about 1861 in Hong Kong. He migrated to Australia in 1872 and lived in Darwin Northern Territory for 24 years before moving to Western Australia in about 1895.

Ah Kim (2) was 5 feet 1.5 inches tall with a tattoo of a horse's head on his left forearm. He lived with an Aboriginal woman, Inji, with whom he had seven children and whom he applied to marry in 1906.

He worked as a cook before becoming a market gardener at Muggs Lagoon, Wyndham. In 1920 he applied to leave Australia for 36 months so as to take his son to school in China. He already had one son at school in China. Travelled to China between April 1921 and June 1922.

He died in Wyndham in 1945.

Other nameAh Kim, 1861- (differentiated name)Ah KhimGeorge Ah KimDate of birth1861Date of death1945

Person

AH KIM Fung Lay

AH KIM Lemon

AH KIM Orange

AH KIM Sonny

AH KIM Toong Choi

AH KIM Winnie

Document

Ah Kim CEDT 1920 NAA Item ID: E752, 1921/4

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0029

Fung Lay Kim CEDT 2021 NAA: E752, 1921/8

Tyson Ah Kim CEDT 1919 NAA: E752, 1919/45

Ah Kim pictured on his Certificate of Exemption from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, E752, 1921/4).

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHong KongDate1861

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1872

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceWyndhamDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCook

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Family

SpouseInjiChildAH KIM Fung LayAH KIM SonnyAH KIM OrangeAH KIM Toong ChoiAH KIM WinnieAH KIM TysonAH KIM Lemon

Connections

Subject (place)WyndhamSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningCookChinese Aboriginal AustraliansRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1920Asian Aboriginal Families webpage

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH KIM (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA