AH KIN (3)

Description

Biographical informationAh Kin (3) was born in about 1869 or 1871. He arrived in Australia on or before 1889. He was 5 ft 5 1/2 in tall.

He worked as a market gardener. He travelled overseas in 1897 , returning in December 1899. He travelled overseas again in June 1900. He returned to Western Australia in March 1902 (A).

This may be the Ah Kin who operated a market garden at Cecil Street (now Geddes Street) in Victoria Park in 1910 and 1911.Other nameAh Kin (differentiated name)Date of birth1871

Document

Ah Kin (3) aged 30 in 1900 from his Immigration Travel paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1900/95)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA Imm. Travel File 1897-9NAA Imm. Travel File 1900

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH KIN (3)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA