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 Kim & Mong Yam 1900-1034

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